2001-02-14 There is no one yet anywhere in the world harmonised on any single time format. The Europeans and some others still use the format dd-mmm-yyy. The point about ISO 8601 is it is new to everyone. It does not favour any national system presently in use. Thus at one time or another, all will need to adopt it. This is the best time for the whole world to adopt it together. This way no country can say that they are being forced to adopt someone else's system or culture. And like anything new, its correct and proper format will have to be learned, so that no mis-understanding can take place. The use of ISO-8601 is not related to the metric issue, but involves the universal harmonisation of standards. This is desired as a means to facilitate world-wide trade, to reduce costs and to reduce errors. Everyone who wants to prosper needs to harmonise. Those who don't should not be allowed to interfere with does who do. 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 are free! ----- Original Message ----- From: "downtobusiness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2001-02-14 06:36 Subject: Re: Well, damn it, NASA ought to be metr [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > Well, OK, I am persuaded to take on the date just as much as meters and liters. However, for now, to be unambiguous, I guess that in many cases it will require using the 2 letter abbreviation for month. But you are in Europe, so you tell me. If I write a friend in France, and I refer to a date as 2001-02-10, there is a chance of them thinking I intend October 2, or not? > > --------------------------------------------- > 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=metricamerica &sid=12177109&mid=939 > > 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 > >
