From:	MB Overton <u4d41@**.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: ADMIN: Formating II
Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:39:44 +0100

> > I dont't know about other Europeans, but the format I use, and is
> > generally accepted in Holland, is DD-MM-YY, AND NOT DD-MON-YY.
> > So not 05-oct-55, but 05-10-55. I don't plan to use DD-MON-YY,
> > unless somebody tries to force me to do so.
>
> so is 5-10-55 May 10th or October 5th? See where the confusion comes
> in? 05-oct-55 is fine, 05-10-55 is not because it gets confused with the
> much more common 10-05-55
>
> Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu

Sorry to throw another interpretation in, but I've always used 05/10-55
(this is for the UK, by the way). As for "much more common", well; in the
UK, 10-05-55 is a positive breach of etiquette. :-)

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