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Re: Silicon Sea date notation
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2002 Nov 13, 16:28 -0800
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2002 Nov 13, 16:28 -0800
On 13 Nov 2002, at 13:31, Paul Hirose wrote: AAARRRrrgggghhhh!!! ***** DDMMYYYY ****** > Dan Hogan wrote: > > > > Silicon Sea date notation is MMDDYYYY because the program I use to calculate > > You meant to say DD/MM/YYYY, right? Looking at the previous two legs, > it appears that is the normal convention aboard Silicon Sea. As for > leaving it unchanged, no problem, I can cope. But this certainly > points out how confusing numeric dates can be! Cheers -Dan-