XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:55:45 +1200, YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name)   
   wrote:   
      
   >> > Agreed - though the NATO standard dates (I assume the months are   
   >> > translated in non-English speaking areas) are 31Jan2013 or 31Jan13 so   
   >> > that no one need question whether 01/12/12 refers to January 12th,   
   >> > 2012 or December 1st, 2012.   
   >>   
   >> If only everyone would adopt that.   
   >   
   >"Everyone" does - it's standard proper English date system. As usual, it's   
   >the Americans who decided to go off and do things their own way and then   
   >expect everyone else to bow down before them.  :-(   
      
   Unfortunately everybody DOESN'T and one thing that annoys me   
   continually with my credit card slips is how some of them print in   
   YYYY/MM/DD format while others in YYYY/DD/MM format while yet others   
   in DD/MM/YYYY.   
      
   When it's 2013/08/26 it's no problem but it can be confusing as hell   
   around April 5th / May 4th etc. particularly when trying to go through   
   your store's card receipts to find a particular sales draft.   
      
   You would THINK the date format on these would be controlled via the   
   terminal but they're not - they're based on the customer's bank and   
   standard practice in these parts is all over the landscape...   
      
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