>The vast majority of people the world over use a calender with named months >(i.e., January, February, ...).
But the vast majority of people the world over use different names from those you list above (so your i.e. should be e.g.). >We should write dates to make life easy for humans, not computers. a reasonable point of view, and similar to the many battles I have fought with proponents of operating systems with case sensitive filenames. >Today is 13 October 2002. If you are sure that your target audience is English speaking, I agree this date format is optimal. The point about ISO format is that it is preferable to either the mm/dd/yy(yy) or dd/mm/yy(yy) that is in common use today. Also, there may be places where dates are important across a language boundary, e.g. the dates on passports, credit cards, driving licenses etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
