If I may chime in here.
Yes, the international standard is indeed YYYY-MM-DD and if separated by
hyphens as shown, there can be absolutely no confusion. We have used it for
years, as it is also the only one which can sort properly in plain text.
However, even though the Canadian government mandated it as the standard
many years ago, their own forms still do not. Go figure.
But, why can Declude not simply use the setting in Windows? Then everyone
can use their own for their specific locality.
Erik
Erik Hjelholt, Managing Director
Alberni-dot-Net, a div. of Tandem Security Inc.
4716 Roger St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3Z2
Phone: 250-720-8110 - Fax: 250-723-0901
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 04:12
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] %date%
>
>
>
> >is there a possibility that you create a secong date because
> we in europe
> >don't use the date like you do, we use it like DDMMYYYY,
> this could cause
> >misunderstandings with our clients. so could you create for
> virus and
> >junkmail something like i.e. %dateeuro%?
>
> I expect this should get changed shortly. Most likely,
> "%DATE%" will get
> converted to the de-facto international standard "DD MMM
> YYYY" (as in "12
> Aug 2004"). Unlike DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY, DD MMM YYYY
> can be read by
> anyone anywhere (with the other two, "02/03/2004" could be
> either February
> or March; it is impossible to tell).
>
> The true standard date format (YYYYMMDD) is too confusing for
> the average
> person to deal with, as it is rarely seen, but may get added as well.
>
> -Scott
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