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Article #11086Date request
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:11
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:11
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In article <1992Dec14.134109.3367@fasttech.com>, zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
> A 10/21/92 semi-official net posting on NextStep claims it runs on SXs:
Hi folks, this is not a flame, just a request.
The date above refers to 21 November 1992. That may seem obvious to some of
you. Lets switch the 21 to an 8. In America the date is now 8 November 1992. In
the UK the date in now 10 August 1992. Some places have dates as Year/Month/Day
too. It would be more clear if everyone wrote the month name as a name (until
2001 anyway). ie: 21/NOV/92.
The above aside, I'm always puzzled as to how the American date convention
started: Mont/Day/Year is neither LSB or MSB, where as Day/Month/Year and
Year/Month/Day have obvious reasoning behind them.
--
snail@lsl.co.uk
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"I use dbx..."
"Oh really, we use Dolby C..."
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