On 3/1/07, David Strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "A.D." should probably change to "C.E." before the date of birthday.

I can understand your concerns, but C.E. is not so well known among
non-native speakers. We could just remove it and put "YYYY-MM-DD"
aside the form for avoiding confusion?

>I would also use the term "birth date" instead of "birthday." At least in
> the U.S., people consider the birthday to be the /annual/ occurrence of
> a certain month and day. (e.g., My birth date is 11 March 1984, but my
> birthday is just 11 March.)

It makes a sense.

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