On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 23:58:09 +0000, J R wrote:
>Don't know about "people friendly mm/dd/yy format". At least half the world
>use dd/mm. And more than one third of dates can't be assumed with certainty
>unless there is at least one certain other for guidance.
>
A decade ago it worse.
> ... Personally, I find yyyy-mm-dd the most friendly. (Much to the
> disquietude of my family.)
>
The way people casually abbreviate dates is subjective and context-sensitive:
"When did Apple announce the first iPhone?" "07."
"When will Apple announce the next iPhone" "The seventh."
About a decade ago, I asked an astronomer:
"When is the equinox on Saturn?"
"August '09."
So soon? I thought it was a few years, yet. Oh! She means 2009, not the
ninth of next August.
Precursors of Y2K:
About six decades ago, I saw checks with the date preprinted:
__/___/195_
And in 1997 I visited a cemetery and noticed a few gravestones pre-carved:
John Doe 1901-1991
Mary Doe 1905-19
I hoped she could be optimistic.
-- gil
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