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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 22:58:53 +0100 (BST)
From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.cx>
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Hi Randy.

>> - * Version :   11      28.3.01
>> + * Version :   12      5.10.01

> nitpicking, i'm sure, but:

> 5.10.01 could have several meanings, usually depending on geographic
> location etc., and there is an ISO standard (8601) which says:

>	The international standard date notation is YYYY-MM-DD

There is also another ISO standard (I forget the number) which states
that the international standard date notation is any of...

	DD.MM.YYYY	(European)
	MM/DD/YYYY	(American)
	YYYY-MM-DD	(Japanese)

...with the punctuation character specifying the one in use. I note that
the dates as originally quoted above are clearly consistant with this
standard, so see no problem myself.

Personally, I prefer to use the DD-MMM-YYYY format myself, where MMM in
the three-letter English abbreviation for the month in question, and
there is thus no room for misreading it as something else.

> I'd prefer not to be confused by the '>' quoted notation above,
> although I don't mind the dots instead of hyphens.

I'm so used to > quoting in emails that anything else gets me confused.

Best wishes from Riley.

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