Re: format of date strings : british english proof reader needed
Hiya Andrew,
> > Let's have a look then.
>
> <snip>
>
> > We were always taught that the correct way to give the date is:
> > Tuesday the 13th of May 2008
> > But if that's too long winded why not just keep to the MHRA style guide?
>
> Well, that's the way I've always said it verbally, but never in writing.
It used to be more common in writing too but has faded lately.
> I agree with using a style guide, but for those of us outside the UK,
> how widespread is MHRA?
The MHRA? Academically it's very common in the humanities and most of the
sciences would use something very similar too.
It's a damn good style guide to use as a base to build on.
> > Believe it or not but there are British Standard guidelines and ISO
> > standards for this sort of thing.
>
> I'd believe it :P
Wonder if any are available online? I've yet to find some but you never know
these days.
> > Why not have a quick show of hands and then update the guidelines?
> > I'm fond of 'st,' 'th,' and 'rd' myself but if they've got to go they've
> > got go.
>
> I support ordinal numbers!
Let's go with that format then (14 May 2008) and avoid sowing confusing among
any of the audience!
> If we have to change, we should follow ISO8601:2000, AS3802:1997 or
> ANSI X3.30 and go for just writing YYYY MM DD.
(^-^)
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