Re: date formats - mm/dd vs dd/mm

>>>>> "Helmut" == Helmut Richter <a282244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Helmut> In article <874qdr4t2k.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Helmut> Lee Sau Dan wrote:
>> Further, there is an ISO standard for date notation, and guess
>> what! This standard follows the Chinese/Oriental order:
>> YYYY-MM-DD. I think this is because sorting dates becomes
>> 'easier' (just string comparison) with this format.

Helmut> And because it is unambiguous even when you do not know
Helmut> the rules. When you see 2005-04-03, no matter what your
Helmut> local habits are and no matter whether you know anything
Helmut> about the standard ISO 8601, you have hardly any chance of
Helmut> interpreting it wrongly.

Why not? It could mean Year 2005 AD, 4th of March. In the same that
03/04/2005 could be misinterpreted.



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