Great!
Thank you Scott, that is exactly what we need.
Uwe
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From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] %date%
>
> >>is there a possibility that you create a secong date because we in
europe
> >>don't use the date like you do, we use it like DDMMYYYY, this could
cause
> >>misunderstandings with our clients. so could you create for virus and
> >>junkmail something like i.e. %dateeuro%?
> >
> >I expect this should get changed shortly. Most likely, "%DATE%" will get
> >converted to the de-facto international standard "DD MMM YYYY" (as in "12
> >Aug 2004"). Unlike DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY, DD MMM YYYY can be read by
> >anyone anywhere (with the other two, "02/03/2004" could be either
February
> >or March; it is impossible to tell).
> >
> >The true standard date format (YYYYMMDD) is too confusing for the average
> >person to deal with, as it is rarely seen, but may get added as well.
>
> In the next release, %DATE% will indeed be changed to DD MMM YYYY ("12 Aug
> 2004"), and %USDATE% will have the old U.S.-style date format
> ("08/12/2004"), %EURDATE% will have the European-style date format
> ("12/08/2004"), and %ISODATE% will have the standard date format
> ("2004-08-12").
>
> The reason for changing %DATE% is to ensure that after upgrading,
everybody
> uses an international-friendly date format. If anybody doesn't like that,
> they do have the option of switching to %USDATE%. And those that want to
> can use %EURDATE% or %ISODATE%. However, only %DATE% or %ISODATE% should
> really be used (as both can be read by anybody).
>
>
> -Scott
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