Re: Date formats

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:24:00 GMT, MS
<matthews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Frank Erskine emailed this:
>> Is there a proper standard for the layout of dates?
>> It seems that the 'standard' used in the US is, for example
>> "October 27, 2005", hence the expression "9/11", whereas in the UK
>> it's usually "27 October, 2005".
>> To me the "US" version seems illogical - it's rather like writing
>> numbers as Tens, Hundreds and Units.
>
>I agree it's illogical. The logical format is high to low, which is what
>the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 8601) specifies.
>Today would be: 2005-10-27. This format is becoming popular on the net and
>with scientists.
>
Personally I'd prefer to read low to high, to make it easier to choose
your appropriate level of precision, i.e. 27·10·2005, or to make it
more 'human' 27(th) October 2005...

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland
.

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