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billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu wrote: 
->Henry Spencer wrote:
->> Of course, in (at least) English-speaking areas, where people are much more
->> familiar with the month names than the month numbers, using all-numeric
->> dates in the human interface is STUPID STUPID STUPID.
->> 
->     Ah, I see... Tell me, do you think your odometer should present
->     the last two digits first, then some verbal representation of
->     the next-to-last two digits, followed by the remaining digits?

no, it shouldn't, because those last two digits on your odometer don't
have much significance in the daily course of events in a particular
person's life.  the dates of various events do.  days, months, and
years have significance outside of their inclusion in a particular
date; the hundreds and thousands place of my odometer  doesn't. (how
many people out there know *exactly* what their odometer reading is?
... how many people out there know *exactly* what today's date is?)

->     If not, then why should a chronometer be any different??

because a chronometer and a clock aren't necessarily the same thing.
they both keep time, but they keep time for different purposes.  

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