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Message no. 1
From: Sacre Bleu <barrettj@********.EDU>
Subject: Re: date stamps
Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 03:29:28 -0500
Guys (and gals), if you check out FASA publications, everytime a
Shadowrun "character" posts a commentary, the date stamp is mm-dd-yy. As
in 5-27-56. If y'all decide to use a different standard, fine, but this
is the precedent set by the very creators of Shadowrun themselves.
Sacre Bleu
Message no. 2
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <Craigtw1@***.COM>
Subject: Re: date stamps
Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 06:19:03 -0400
Except in the EUROPEAN Sourcebooks, where it is DD-MON-YY...
Tom
Message no. 3
From: NIGHTFOX <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: date stamps
Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 16:34:01 -0700
> Guys (and gals), if you check out FASA publications, everytime a
>Shadowrun "character" posts a commentary, the date stamp is mm-dd-yy. As
>in 5-27-56. If y'all decide to use a different standard, fine, but this
>is the precedent set by the very creators of Shadowrun themselves.

Ok - In the source books the Europeans have a different Posting format.
So when they edit the books they change the European format from
<00:00:00/DD-MM-YY> to <00:00:00/DD-MON-YY> so that people will not be
confused.

so
------


Ok guys - the format for posting

>>>>>[ Insert Stuff ]<<<<<
--Name <16:29:03/05-28-56>


And if you trully feel the need to show that you are posting from Europe

>>>>>[ Insert Stuff ]<<<<<
-- Name <16:29:03/28-APR-56>

You don't need to put the time zone, or other things.

It really does save on confusion. Most people won't notice the times on your
posts anway. They won't know that your an hour off because you are posting from
a different time zone. Heck - I don't go on daylight savings time (I don't have
to remember which part of the year to turn the clocks back or forward.) I don't
even bother changing by an hour when this happens - it trully does not matter.

What matters is that it looks nice and uncluttered. Readable and not overly
distracting (thats why we got rid of all the bloody enryption stuff). there are
reasons for all of the posting formats on the list. People will remember a
solid and interessting character much more than they remember what type of time
date stamp the person uses.

'Nuff Said


Nightfox - the guy who sits down and edits the logs.
Message no. 4
From: Fred Casey <fred@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: date stamps
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 11:35:16 GMT
In your message dated Sunday 28, May 1995 you wrote :
>
> Ok guys - the format for posting
>
> >>>>>[ Insert Stuff ]<<<<<
> --Name <16:29:03/05-28-56>
>
>
> And if you trully feel the need to show that you are posting from Europe
>
> >>>>>[ Insert Stuff ]<<<<<
> -- Name <16:29:03/28-APR-56>
>
The military, as pointed out by another list member uses the same DD-MON-yy
format. So some military person might inadvertintly regress into his/her
government brainwas... oopps ah..training.
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Message no. 5
From: Andrew May <amay@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: date stamps
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 11:08:08 -0500
Check the london sourcebook :-)

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