Re: Date request

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From: Damon
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:35

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In article <DANIEL.92Dec18155809@algol.clsi.COM> daniel@clsi.COM (Daniel S. Barclay) writes:
>I thought I heard that there is an ISO date format of YY/MM/DD.  I like that
>and YYMMDD; they sort (lexicographically and mathematically) into 
>chronological order.  (Which is consistent with times as HHMMSS.)

I like YYMMDD and YY/MM/DD and use these formats in invoices, file
names, etc because they sort lex/num correctly.  But we *should* be
using YYYYMMDD for when the clock turns over or we're going to be in
big trouble on 00/01/01 00:00:00.

Damon
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From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon)
Subject: Re: Date request
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