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Number   :  4418
Date     :  2003-04-22
Author   :  Bob Weir
Subject  :  Re: Date Macro
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As a "European" who has to determine a document's origin before
being able to identify the date, I am pleased to see a standard
international date format. I have used dd mmm yyyy for a decade
(e.g. 22 Apr 2003) but could easily change to yyyy mmm dd (2003
Apr 22) without causing confusion to anyone familiar with english
calendar months. I am less happy with the all figure computer
friendly ISO 8601 version but accept that it is necessary for
multi-language multi-calendar support.

I think using three letter months via mmm is both robust and
aids recognition of dates, but apparently the ISO (and Kan?)
don't agree!

regards,

Bob



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