On 2009/03/11, at 5:38 AM, Stephen Mangum wrote:
I prefer DD-MM-YYYY (and other formats in this order), but have
found myself writing YYYY-MM-DD as of late. The problem I have with
the latter is the difficulty in reading it. 4 July 1776 can be read
"the fourth of July, seventeen seventy six." How does one read
1776-07-04? Or is the discussion about announcements and hours and
not prose? What I like about the ISO standard is the lack of
confusion: I think most Americans will know what it means, while
they will read 04/07/1776 as "March seventh."
Stephen Mangum
Dear Stephen and All,
You might be interested in this short article called: Is 07 04 2007
the fourth of July?
You can find it at:
http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/Is07042007TheFourthOfJuly.pdf
As you can see it is a year or two old but it is still relevant to
this discussion.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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