On Saturday 03 March 2007, James Knott wrote: > Darryl Gregorash wrote: > > On 2007-03-03 10:05, peter nikolic wrote: > >> The ISO standard of YYYY/MM/DD is not the most efficent way of using a > >> date > >> > >> example " you want to know the date you look at the ISO standard > >> date you have to wade thru the year the month to find the day date > >> normally the most used part of the date string whereas DD/MM/YYYY > >> the important bit is right at th front of the string DD then you can > >> read the rest if you need it .. > >> > >> YMMV Mine dont > >> > >> Pete . > > > > There is nothing anywhere in the English language that compels you to > > read left-to-right only -- in your example, start reading at the other > > end ;-) > > Now, which end has the month? ;-)
well you could cuase total mayhem " DD/MM/YYYY/MM/DD" Pete . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
