Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rei wrote: I lay in the hammock, looking at the sky through the trees and think: "It's June." SNIP I am a human, not a computer! Indeed ! Errare humanum est ;-) Philippe in August -rei On 08/09/2010 03:34 AM, Jeff Moore wrote: > 2010-08-09-01:42:13 Mark Rabiner: > >> Today is 8/9/10! >> > Yeah... no. Month-day-year (medium-small-large) is a completely > irrational order in which to write dates, and I reject it utterly. > Even though I live in the US. > > Besides, you, the Rabs, who rail against anyone using acronyms, even > those well understood by everyone else in the room, should acknowledge > that writing three two-digit numbers in a row, which will be > interpreted by different people in different ways, isn't clear. It's > more unclear than most of your hated acronyms. So use something > unambiguous: > > 9-Aug-2010 > > August 9th, 2010 (if you really insist on month first) > > 2010-08-09 (because nobody writes year-day-month!) > > So there. > > While I don't want the world to be boringly culturally homogeneous, > there are some things we should all just get with the program on: > > - Numerically abbreviate dates, if we must, day-month-year. > > - Use the metric system, dammit. > > - Drive on the right-hand side of the road. > > Some adjustments there for many of us. Everybody, get on it. > > Thanks. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information