• on the matter of date formats

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Martin Foster on Wed Sep 30 08:19:00 2020
    Hello Martin!

    ** On Wednesday 30.09.20 - 09:18, Martin Foster wrote to Chuck Pierson:

    Although I've lived in the UK all my life and was brought
    up to use the British date format(dd/mm/yyyy), I now much
    prefer to use the European date format(dd.mm.yyyy).


    The "." vs "/" makes no difference to me. Albiet, I am partial
    to the "." when illustrating a phone number (See the very top
    of my biz website: https://ashlies.ca

    When I worked in industry where the client was primarily the
    military, the spec documents and other correspondences used
    what I call the odemeter arrangement for the date:

    yyyy mm dd, or yyyymmdd

    That made the most sense for me. It was super easy to sort
    files and instantly see the proper order of things.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Chuck Pierson on Sun Jan 10 09:00:00 2021
    Hello Chuck!

    ** On Tuesday 29.09.20 - 22:15, Chuck Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

    Thanks for pointing that out. I recently paid closer attention to
    what my online banking system uses, invoices, and what the gov't
    prefers. Bank = dd/mm/yyyy. Statments = mm/dd/yyyy Gov't =
    yyyy/mm/dd

    Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.
    I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.


    I think yyyy/mm/dd makes the most sense. It resembles the way an odometer works or how any other click counter works, or how the incremental numbering system works in general.

    I've worked with the MIL-STD docs for the Standard Electronic Modules Program (SEMP). That is where I first noticed the consistent and sensible use of dd/ mm/yyyy. (like an odometer in reverse)

    Looking at some of those MIL-STD docs brings back a lot of memories. My work pertained to the electrical requirements of the modules. Start with MIL-STD 1389C and begin the journey of standard pointing to standard pointing to standard pointing to standard... (arghh)

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