Re: Date request

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From: Timothy Hu
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:21

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The convention MM/DD/YY probably came about because when we mention a
date the long way, we say: December 16, 1992. Maybe the MMDDYY
convention was done to keep things in the same order.

Us crazy Americans!

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From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: Date request
Message-ID: <1992Dec16.182110.28229@ico.isc.com>
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:21:10 GMT
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