I simply have no clue why both my computers, that did not even default to US settings, should send them in e-mails. I put this question to the ISO 8601 list some time ago, but they could not offer any solution. Many of its members have the same kind of problem. My old and new computers defaulted to Dutch settings. I see correct and incorrect headers in messages coming from other list members at random. My own headers shown as "Original Messages" within the messages are also at random. Under the Dutch settings I changed the short date format to YYYY-MM-DD. In the time settings I left the AM and PM fields empty. Otherwise they are 24 h. One thing is certain: I do not want to use MM-DD-YYYY and AM/PM. My BIOS uses US settings, however. And I do not dare to change them; the BIOS itself offers no option to do it. Suppose I try to flash an update, and my computer crashes while flashing? That risk and that price is too high. If the problem is caused by my computer, I simply will have to put up with it, just as we are forced to put up with dpi and xx inch screens for the time being.
Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:52 PM Subject: [USMA:20285] Re: Correction of message USMA 20249 2002-05-31 Han, I use both Outlook Express and IE6, not Eudora. And my headers are correct. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-05-28 15:30 Subject: [USMA:20254] Correction of message USMA 20249 John and all, Correction from USMA 20249: The clock and date down on the right side of the screen are ISO 8601. The clock says 07:22, not 7:22 when writing this. Putting the mouse pointer over the clock shows the date in ISO 86021 format. I have also checked the headers of my e-mails. > > should be > > The clock and date down on the right side of the screen are ISO 8601. The clock says 07:22, not 7:22 AM while writing this message. Putting the mouse pointer over the clock shows the date in ISO 8601 format. I have also checked the headers of my e-mails. > > I wonder, you use Eudora 5.1, I use Outlook Express, attached to IE 6. Might that be the cause of wrong time-and date settings popping up in e-mail headers? Might some invisible settings in OE be overriding Windows preferences? > > Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
