Check your preferences in the control panel for "Regional Settings", dates -
Windows has a user option that sets how dates are displayed etc. You just
need to set it back to your preferrd mode. Windows, unlike some people,
allow for different preferences...
ppro
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT: Asahi vs Honeywell.
>
>
>
> I have an accounting program that under W95, followed the
> DD/MM/YYYY format,
> but when I upgraded to ME it switched to MM/DD/YYYY.
> I'm trying to figure out how to switch it back to the older format, to no
> avail.
> Every time I enter an invoice I have to enter the month and day,
> instead of
> just the day, when I'm in the current month.
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Asahi vs Honeywell.
>
>
> > The expiration date is not in a standard US or European
> > format. They are using the old COBOL pic standard used on
> > any computer system where the Geeks thought ahead to the Y2K
> > problem, (some data stores were Y2K compliant as long ago as
> > the 1970's). The reason to use this format is that it is un-
> > ambiguous. If you use say 12/7/2001 you cannot be sure if the
> > date is December 7th or July 12th, depending where the stuff might
> > have been manufactured, (although you can probably
> > be sure of the year). However with 2001/08/01 you know that you're
> > looking at August 1st 2001, by convention.
> >
>
>
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