Re: Date request

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From: Thomas D. Barrett
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:40

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In article <1992Dec16.182110.28229@ico.isc.com> timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu) writes:
>The convention MM/DD/YY probably came about because when we mention a
>date the long way, we say: December 16, 1992. 

I have always used the format 16 December 1992, which unfortunately is
the military's format :)  My favorite is the format which Microsoft
Word 2.0 has "16 December, 1992"... those crazy MS guys... I guess
they have never read Kate L. Terabean (sp?)

Tom
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From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
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