RE: Y2K heads up - is this trouble???

[Jamie Coles <jcoles@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From experience, in the UK, when we write the date in figure format 
aa/bb/cc, the person to whom we are writing will either know the format or 
we are considerate enough to bear in mind where they are to make it obvious 
to them what WE mean by the date.

Perhaps we are more sub-consciously aware that there are other countries 
outside our national borders who may wish to write/spell differently.

We also manage without machines to cast and count our votes - we use the 
old fashioned method of "writing" and then counting by hand.  I know it 
seems quaint and not quite 21st Century (although that's another discussion 
point!) but for some reason it tends to be a lot quicker to achieve a 
result - obviously not as popular amongst the legal fraternity as no work 
is involved!!

-----Original Message-----
From:   Ian Bunn [SMTP:ian.bunn@progeny400.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, 05 December, 2000 08:22
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Y2K heads up - is this trouble???

 << File: ATT00011.htm >> If you were to go one step further ... they can't 
spell either <VVBG>

color, center ... oops, here we go!

Ian
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: theis_richard@fr.ibm.com
  To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
  Sent: 05 December 2000 08:06
  Subject: RE: Y2K heads up - is this trouble???




  >I think if everyone just used mm/dd/yyyy format, there wouldn't be an
   > issue
   > .... 02/03/2001 can only mean one thing....
  FYI, as far as I know, only the USA are using this strange format (along
  with AM/PM...)

  Best regards
  Richard THEIS
  AS/400 Education, France
   theis_richard@fr.ibm.com


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