Glenn Miller wrote:
> On 22 Mar 2002, Garth Almgren was seen to have posted this wee note into
> netscape.public.mozilla.general, to which I have responded as follows:
>
>
>>I see your point and like the idea of least to greatest, but many people
>>have been "trained" too well. Whenever I see something like 070101 I
>>immediately think "July 1st, 2001."
>
>
> And when *I* see that I immediately read it as "7th January 2001" - because
> that's what was written, and that's how we outside of the USA read date
> data.
>
>
> Glenn Miller
>
If it makes you feel any better, I'm Canadian and therefore never
entirely sure whether 070101 means 7 January 2001 or July 1, 2001.
I tend to use the dd.mm.yy convention, substituting a Roman numeral for
the month (e.g., for July 1, 2001: 1.VII.01) for added clarity, and
/still/ end up confusing >95% of people.
Yeesh. . . .
Brian
--
Westron wind, when will thou blow?
The small rain down can rain:
Christ, if my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again!
-- Anonymous lyric, early 16th c.
