Han wrote in USMA 15266:
>About 4 days ago I went once again to the Maporama site and loaded some
>itineraries in Dutch and French. The defaults make me retch as they remain
>in yards and miles. Another thing that shows their mentality: this European
>website uses the MM-DD-YYYY notation for dates. Probably the same kind of
>wretched
>accommodation and they may suffer under the delusion that MM-DD-YYYY is the
>global standard. ISO 8601? What is that?
According to CAN/CSA/Z234.4-89, ISO 8601 requires that when all-numeric
dates are used "Numbers espressing dates and times shall be written from
left to right and from high order to low order, ie, year, month, day, hour,
minute, second.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
