On Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:07:29 -0500, "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2001-02-04 > >Here is a comparison of the three (in order of Guardian, Time, Independant). >At least the Guardian article quoted Dr. Shepard speaking metric. The >Independant article only converts some of the dimensions to FFU, not all. >The lost area is stated as 32 km^3 in the Guardian and 31 km^3 in the >Independant. The Times reduces it to 28 km^3 by stating it as "over" one >million cubic feet. Note the Guardian uses the US date format. John: This is not the 'US date format'. Many people here use the Jan 30, 2000 format, but we don't abbreviate it as 1/30/2000, only 30/1/2000. Chris -- UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
