Can we keep the email commentary down on topics like DATE METRIC is BETTER 50 HZ vs. 60 etc
thank you Mike Reagan ----- Original Message ----- From: Georg Beckmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Protel EDA Forum' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: [PEDA] AW: was Speaking of Protel Bugs. < space and time and ... > > Hi Ivan, > just a practical advice, > > why not write JUL-24-2002 or like we did for years 24-JUL-2002 > or 2002-JUL-24 like we have to do it now here in Eurpoe. > The trick is, if you use 4 numbers for the year and letters for the month, > everybody can interpret it correctly. ( Opposite 07-01-02 ) > > BTW. Metric is better, I can explain it to you and you will love it. > In Germany we have still 50 Hz, but changed to mains from 220V to 230V. > This is for the British, they had 240V and had to give as 10V. > > Georg > > -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Juli 2002 18:12 > An: Protel EDA Forum > Betreff: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > > And you'd prefer times as MM:SS:HH? ;-) Personally, I'm out to get the > whole > > world to adopt ISO-8601, which alows several formats, of which I prefer > > YYYY-MM-DD. That will sort correctly whether it's alphanumeric, or > whatever. > > I didn't say anything about time format. You just assumed. > Is "OT" Off-Topic, or On-Topic. Could be either! You just assumed. > > I'm not out to get the whole world to change to ISO-anything. > I'm out to get the entire world to change to the way I do things ;-) > You are right about the sorting order, though. But any app I use for > sorting dates (Excel) can sort MM/DD/YY correctly anyway. > > New slogan: "What do you want to put in your Protel template title block > today?" > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:43 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > > In a message dated 7/23/2002 11:25:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > I also don't like the way dates are written in other parts of the > world. I > > > frequently see dates written as YY/MM/DD (Canadian) and as DD/MM/YY > > > (British). Why can't we all agree on MM/DD/YY as THE one true correct > > > standard? > > > > And you'd prefer times as MM:SS:HH? ;-) Personally, I'm out to get the > whole > > world to adopt ISO-8601, which alows several formats, of which I prefer > > YYYY-MM-DD. That will sort correctly whether it's alphanumeric, or > whatever. > > > > Are we getting a little OT here? > > > > Steve Hendrix > > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 302C7AEC4E668747A3931191787D4A780F50FC92 > * > ************************************************************************ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
