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> For what it's worth, the standard American date format of > mm/dd/yyyy has always mystified me, as it's the least > logical possible way to do it. The SQL format - in > decreasing order of unit size - is of course the most > logical way because you can guarantee to sort on it and do > other calculations. Over here in Europe we at least use > dd/mm/yyyy (increasing unit size order), which is the next > most logical, but to start with the middle-sized unit, put > the smallest unit in the middle and end with the largest > is just... weird! The logic is that it follows the natural spoken format, i.e. "July 23, 2006"; which became the written standard; which... Myself: I've never let local standards stand in the way of my using international ones. - -- grok. - -- *** FULL-SPECTRUM DOMINANCE! *************************************** * BOYCOTT BOURGEOIS MASS-MEDIA * RSS/XML newsfeeds from around * * Use these links in RSS readers * the planet: Who needs CNN/Fox? * **** Critical endorsement only **** Most sites need donations **** * http://rss.newstandardnews.net/iraq_1.xml Iraq in Crisis Newsfeed* * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/topstories/ Prensa Top News * * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/features/ Latina Features * * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/cuba/ (Cuba) Cuba * * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/central/ Central America * * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/caribbean/ Caribbean * * http://www.plenglish.com/rss/south/ South America * ********** POSTMODERNISTS DECONSTRUCT. MARXISTS BUILD. ********** GPG fingerprint = 2E7F 2D69 4B0B C8D5 07E3 09C3 5E8D C4B4 461B B771 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFExBTWXo3EtEYbt3ERAsBBAJ9vA4+2taneQwj2yJxmwnnHvEki/gCgiuGi IRm2oN7C4GOMCk13kAOZhYM= =Y+S4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
