2001-02-11 2001-04-05 is written in CHRONOLOGICAL order, from the year down to the second, if need be. Changing the months to letters doesn't make it less confusing, it makes it dumb. You are dumbing down something already simple to accommodate those who refuse to understand. If they don't get it, too bad! How can someone not get it???? Those who can't figure out the order aren't going to understand dating techniques no matter what order they appear in. Let the idiots fall to the wayside and rot, and move forward with those who have direction, motivation and a willingness to prosper. Accommodate them, not the others! John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they re free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-11 23:00 Subject: Re: [USMA:10957] Fw: Fw: It only took me until my late fortie [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > I guess this might be a good legal argument, but it > comforts me not at all. If I sent a letter to a person > in Jacksonville, Florida, and I mention events which > will come on 2001--04--05, I prefer that they show up > on April 5 rather than on May 4. > > I guess the answer for now is to use 2001--AP--05 if I > want to use ISO and yet be unambiguous. > > Andy > --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Duncan Bath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-11 10:49 > > Subject: Re: [USMA:10954] Fw: It only took me until > > my late fortie [Yahoo! > > Clubs: Metric America] > > > > > > > This, it seems to me, is a case of designing to be > > fool-proof vs. > > > [impracticable] idiot-proof. If a date is written > > in accordance with ISO > > > 8601, the onus is on the reader; if the date is > > written in an ad hoc > > > manner, the onus is on the writer. > > > Duncan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: February 11, 2001 00:52 > > > Subject: [USMA:10954] Fw: It only took me until my > > late fortie [Yahoo! > > > Clubs: Metric America] > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "downtobusiness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Saturday, 2001-02-10 22:18 > > > >Subject: Re: It only took me until my late fortie > > [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric > > > >America] > > > > > > > > > > > >> Well, give me some help. I guess I am now > > persuaded to send email which > > > >reads: "Please join me on 2001--02--21" but how > > do I make sure that > > people > > > >do not misunderstand when, in many cases, it > > would be easy to > > > misunderstand. > > > >If we are talking about the second month and the > > fourth day of that month > > > >and if we invite folks on 2001-02-04, how do we > > make sure they know we > > mean > > > >Feb. 4 and not April 2? > > > >> > > > >> Andy > > > >> > > > >> --------------------------------------------- > > > >> DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > > > >> --------------------------------------------- > > > >> You have chosen to receive messages from > > "Metric America" by email. > > > >> > > > >> Reply to this message: > > > >> > > > > > > >http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=metricameric > > > a > > > >&sid=12177109&mid=935 > > > >> > > > >> Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > > > >> > > > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/config/change_mb_list > > > >> > > > >> Return to "Metric America": > > > >> http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica > > > >> ---------------------------------------------- > > > >> > > > >> Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > > > >> > > > > > > >http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=millitesla&;. > > > g > > > >roupID=metricamerica&.groupType=&.code=kqkKEmys7C > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ >
