See also USMA 27139 - Curiosity from the archives. >From that message: " I have now been working in the Nijmegen Public Records Office for about a year and I found out something very interesting: the sequence year-month-day was already used in the 17th century, among other notations. I found it in baptism, marriage and burial records from a religious denomination in Nijmegen. What is now ISO 8601 dates back for about 300 years! This notation has also been the standard one in the archives for decades. The AM/PM clock was sometimes used in the Netherlands in the 17th century; I found it in records from the Estates General, a precursor of the present day parliament, in the 17th century as well."
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "John S. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-01-03 19:16 Subject: [USMA:28137] Re: Calendar, date and time > On Saturday 03 January 2004 05:16, Han Maenen wrote: > > On the other hand, I have seen year-month-day notations in very old documents as well. > > Han, > > Would you mind elaborating on "very old?" Are we talking decades, or centuries? John
