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Posted by Ed Mullen on 09/19/07 19:38
rf wrote:
> "Ed Mullen" <ed@edmullen.net> wrote in message
> news:CM-dnXOOEsmHGW3bnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> rf wrote:
>>> "Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message
>>> news:47%Hi.9082$z_5.811@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2007-09-17, bizshop wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, and I could change 2007-06-24 to 6-24-07
>>>>>> No need for the dashes - and 20070624.is ISO proper.
>>>>> ISO requires the dashes, and it is 2007-06-24 not the nonsensical
>>>>> 6-24-07.
>>>> I've got both systems now. 6-24-07 is what I'm most comfortable with
>>> You might be but less that 5% of the planet uses that format. The other
>>> 95% will wonder what the 24th month of the year is.
>>>
>> So, 95% of the planet is too stupid to figure it out? That's a pretty sad
>> opinion of most of the world.
>
> Ok, figure this one out:
> 6/5/07
>
> Are you going to be a nearly month late for your meeting?
>
If I knew (which I certainly would in your example) the source of the
message I'd know. If I were uncertain I would clarify it.
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