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- From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
- Subject: Re: Date request
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.182110.28229@ico.isc.com>
- Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
- References: <9212130000.AA05447@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> <1992Dec14.134109.3367@fasttech.com> <1992Dec16.171133.2856@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:21:10 GMT
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- The convention MM/DD/YY probably came about because when we mention a
- date the long way, we say: December 16, 1992. Maybe the MMDDYY
- convention was done to keep things in the same order.
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- Us crazy Americans!
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