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Kalmia > wrote:

> On Sep 12, 7:56*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> > On 12/09/2011 7:22 PM, Ran e at Arabian Knits wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > >>> * * *Except that makes the least sense of all three. *dd/mm/yyyy makes
> > >>> the
> > >>> most sense, though I still prefer my own nation's September 12th.
> >
> > >> IMO... YYYY-MM-DD makes the most sense. It goes largest to smallest.
> > >> Some people might say today's date is September 12 while others would
> > >> say that it is the 12th of September.
> >
> > > * * So, when someone asks you the date, you start with the year?
> >
> > > * * What's the date today? *A.D. 2011 September 12.
> >
> > If I am asked and answer verbally, it could be September 12 or the 12th
> > of September. If written, it is 2011-09-12.
>
> Says you. I don't think I have EVER seen any business or person write
> out a date this way.

These furriners do things funny, don't they?

:-)

Seriously, I'll be very happy when we adopt a standard date format,
which will certainly not be what most in the US currently use.

As well as adopt the metric system for every day use.

It won't happen in my lifetime, though.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA