Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 14 Oct 2001 22:58:53 +0100 (BST) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Wireless Extension update |
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Hi Randy.
>> - * Version : 11 28.3.01 >> + * Version : 12 5.10.01
> nitpicking, i'm sure, but:
> 5.10.01 could have several meanings, usually depending on geographic > location etc., and there is an ISO standard (8601) which says:
> The international standard date notation is YYYY-MM-DD
There is also another ISO standard (I forget the number) which states that the international standard date notation is any of...
DD.MM.YYYY (European) MM/DD/YYYY (American) YYYY-MM-DD (Japanese)
...with the punctuation character specifying the one in use. I note that the dates as originally quoted above are clearly consistant with this standard, so see no problem myself.
Personally, I prefer to use the DD-MMM-YYYY format myself, where MMM in the three-letter English abbreviation for the month in question, and there is thus no room for misreading it as something else.
> I'd prefer not to be confused by the '>' quoted notation above, > although I don't mind the dots instead of hyphens.
I'm so used to > quoting in emails that anything else gets me confused.
Best wishes from Riley.
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