On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Rob Reid wrote: > At 3:19 PM EST on March 12 Sven Guckes sent off: > > I am aware that the short date form like 020312 could be mistaken for > > 1902-03-12 or 2102-03-12 - but so far it has not been a problem. ;-)
> You sound like a 1970s COBOL programmer ;-> Anyway, if I didn't know that > today is March 12, 2002, I'd be tempted to read 020312 as an American zip code, American zip codes are either 5 or 9 digits, not 6! :) > or Feb. 3, 2012. 6 digits just aren't very robust when taken out of context, > or read with someone else's context. -- Knute
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