On 04/03/2011 04:24 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: [snip]
The logical progression, in the English language and not the American dialect, is 'day' of the 'month' of the specified 'year'. dd/mm/yy. This is obvious.
Only obvious if you've grown up that way.However, "3 Jan 2011" *slightly* reduces confusion in people with bad handwriting because "Jan 3, 2011" can look like "Jan 3,2011".
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