On 2007-03-03 10:05, peter nikolic wrote: > On Saturday 03 March 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> The Saturday 2007-03-03 at 11:39 -0000, peter nikolic wrote: >> >>> DD/MM/YYYY >>> >>> the best all round soloution .. >>> >> No, the best is following the ISO standard. That's what they are for, >> standards. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Carlos E. R. >> > > > Not Realy . > > > The ISO standard of YYYY/MM/DD is not the most efficent way of using a date > > example " you want to know the date you look at the ISO standard date > you have to wade thru the year the month to find the day date normally > the most used part of the date string whereas DD/MM/YYYY the important > bit is right at th front of the string DD then you can read the rest if > you need it .. > > YMMV Mine dont > > Pete . > There is nothing anywhere in the English language that compels you to read left-to-right only -- in your example, start reading at the other end ;-)
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