It's not the Brit way, like many things, there is the US way, and the way everybody else uses
Johnny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Larrieu" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Way OT: Interesting Date today [7:21675] > as Leigh Anne pointed out indirectly, the Brits use the DDMMYYYY format. so > a Brit list would come up with different results than would a Yank list. > > Hey, Leigh Anne, up in Canada you folks are half Frenchie. How do the Frogs > do it? > > Chuck Larrieu > ancestors left France a very long time ago > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > John Neiberger > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Way OT: Interesting Date today [7:21675] > > > Yes, a palindrome is a word that is spelled the same backward and > forward. In this case, the numbers are palindromic because--using the > MMDDYYYY format-- 10-02-2001 is the same when read either direction. > Using MM-D-YY, today is 10-2-01, which is also palindromic. > > There is no importance whatsoever, it's just a numeric oddity depending > on which date format you use. A coworker mentioned it this morning and > we've just been discussing it. It's completely useless information, but > interesting nonetheless. > > However, it's *really* off-topic so I suppose I should get back > on-topic. > > John > > >>> Juan Blanco 10/2/01 9:15:13 AM >>> > John, > When you said It's a palindrone! are you refering at the following: > A Palindrome is a word spelled the same backwards and forwards > If not please can you give more details for those who do not know what > are > you refering to....and why it is so important....and how did you find > out > about those date.... > > Thanks, > > JB > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Neiberger > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10/2/2001 10:03 AM > Subject: Way OT: Interesting Date today [7:21675] > > 10-02-2001 ... It's a palindrome! When was the last date where > this > occurred? Here at work we think it was 08-31-1380. When will the > next > one be? :-) Sorry for the OT post, I just thought this was amusing. > > Back to the morning coffee.... > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21769&t=21675 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]