This date format, yy/mm/dd---yyyy/mm/dd would of course be better---is in no way ambiguous. It is an ISO/ANSI standard 'descending' date, the crucial merits of which are that it is 1) unambiguous and 2) immediately orderable/sortable. Its exclusive use is also a very imperfectly honored FIPS requirement.
Another of its merits is that it is neither the traditional American mm/dd/yy nor the traditional British dd/mm/yy format. Itr does not take sides in that ancient dispute. (There is no 'European' format; or, better, there are [too] many of them.) John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
