From: bv@wjv.com   
      
   In article ,   
     wrote:   
   >On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:08:34 GMT, Christopher Noyes   
   > didst expound thusly:   
   >   
   >>It says clearly below and on eBay that the auctions end Aug 10th 2006.   
   >>An auction can run for different amounts of time (I've done them up to 10   
   >>days and as short as 3 days).  So I don't see why you state these ended 3   
   >>months ago.   
   >   
   >	I think he just looked at the message title and, being Australian, read   
   >the "8/5/06" date as "May 8th" instead of "August 5th".  For some reason,   
   >they insist on writing their dates bass-ackwards on that side of the pond.   
   >:D   
      
   Actually going from smallest time unit [days] to the largest   
   [years] with month in the middle makes more logical sense.   
      
   I'd say that here in the US we tend to screw things up.   
      
   Bill   
      
      
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