Then there's the military guy at a party who says that he has not had sex since 2010. The other person says that is awful. The guy looks at his watch and says not too bad, it's only 2130 now.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Significance (was: z/OS ... z/VSE ... IDCAMS ...) 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
