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Article #4999Re: Dates (was American vs. European numerical usage)
From: Rob Hulsebos
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1988 07:27
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1988 07:27
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In article <183@dcs.UUCP>, wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes: > I don't think [the turn of the century] will cause major confusion. > The world weathered the last turn of the century, too, didn't it? I once saw a computer-system in which only the last two digits of the year of birth could be entered. This worked fine until somebody born near the end of the 19th century showed up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R.A. Hulsebos ...!mcvax!philmds!hulsebos Philips I&E Automation Modules phone: +31-40-785723 Building TQ-III-1, room 11 Eindhoven, The Netherlands # cc -O disclaimer.c
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philmds!hulsebos From: hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Dates (was American vs. European numerical usage) Message-ID: <764@philmds.UUCP> Date: 26 Aug 88 07:27:43 GMT References: <3900@enea.se> <1785@water.waterloo.edu> <183@dcs.UUCP> <126@jetson.UPMA.MD.US> Reply-To: hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) Organization: Philips I&E Automation Modules Eindhoven Lines: 13