Err - "the *abbreviated* MDY notation". On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:22 AM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> > OK wrote: > > > > Monday ... is Pi day - and will be the last time for 100 > > years that the abbreviated MDY notation will equal Pi to > > four decimal points 3.1416. > > Err - no. the year is 2016, not 16 - and 3142016 is not pi. > > The date format described in ISO-8601 is so much nicer; > year-month-day. This makes a very nice increasing in > precision progression as time is included. year, month, day, > hour, minute, second. > > And even computers can sort it. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
