With a four digit year, and a three letter month, that day of month sticks out like a sore thumb, no matter where you hide it.
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43642] Re: 24 hour time > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:08 PM > I like the "Oracle" (huge US software company) way > of doing things: 'DD-MON-RR' or > 'DD-MON-YYYY'So today would be 10-MAR-09 or > 10-MAR-2009 > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:43635] Re: 24 hour time > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:18:24 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > You are correct in fostering the use of the ISO > date format; however, > I prefer to use a dash (-) rather than a slash (/) > as a separator in the date format. > For example 20009-03-10. A dash makes > it better readable. > Stan Doore > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > John > Frewen-Lord > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:49 > AM > Subject: [USMA:43628] Re: 24 hour > time > > > The best way for the US to change its date format > is to go straight to the ISO format of YYYY/MM/DD. When > Canada converted > in the late '70s, this was the official format at the > time, and all Canadian > Federal and Provincial government documentation at the > time had to follow this > format. > > Regretfully, and primarily thanks to Mr Gates, > this seems to have been abandoned, due in no small part > to Windows defaulting > to the US-only format, regardless of which country it is > sold in. > > This is not merely of academic interest. I > bank with HSBC, and have both UK and Canadian bank > accounts, including > something called Global View, where I can view on line > (and switch money on > line between) my accounts in both countries > simultaneously. The UK > accounts are shown in DD/MM/YY format. The Canadian ones > are shown in > MM/DD/YY format when looking at statement summaries or > selecting a date range > to view a statement - but the individual entries in that > statement are shown > in DD/MM/YY format! Needless to say this is infuriating > and confusing, > and I wonder why HSBC do this, as they are UK-based. > However, my printed > Canadian statements are postmarked in NY State with US > postage, so > there must be a US connection in there somewhere. > > If anyone does online currency trading, all the > trading platforms are in YYYY/MM/DD format, and various > online videos I > receive from US-based gurus and experts are also usually > shown in this > format. This does save a lot of confusion. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > David > > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:07 > AM > Subject: [USMA:43625] 24 hour > time > > > > > > What are the changes of the United States adopting > 24 > hour time instead of the AM/PM thing? Would there > be some kind of law > (which would probably occur after metrication) or > would it just be one > of those things people just adopt? What about > date standards? I would > like to see America start using DD/MM/YY instead > of MM/DD/YY. What > does it take for a country to adopt a date/time > standard? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > All your Twitter and other social updates in one place > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/
