[thelist] Date and Time issue Worldwide

Mark Limburg mlimburg at users.sourceforge.net
Sat Apr 13 20:42:01 CDT 2002


Howdy,

> But if we're talking about *displaying* dates, I'd do anything I could to
> avoid using all numerals. SOMEONE will misinterpret it. If you use the month
> name, it's virtually impossible.

I may be beating a dead horse, but I always use ...

   23th Jan 2002

... as this format is the least misunderstood.  If I have to shorten it,
then I use ...

   23-Jan-02

-M-




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