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- From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon)
- Subject: Re: Date request
- Message-ID: <Bzo8vH.4zG@exnet.co.uk>
- Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK
- References: <1992Dec14.134109.3367@fasttech.com> <1992Dec16.171133.2856@lsl.co.uk> <DANIEL.92Dec18155809@algol.clsi.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:35:40 GMT
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- In article <DANIEL.92Dec18155809@algol.clsi.COM> daniel@clsi.COM (Daniel S. Barclay) writes:
- >I thought I heard that there is an ISO date format of YY/MM/DD. I like that
- >and YYMMDD; they sort (lexicographically and mathematically) into
- >chronological order. (Which is consistent with times as HHMMSS.)
-
- I like YYMMDD and YY/MM/DD and use these formats in invoices, file
- names, etc because they sort lex/num correctly. But we *should* be
- using YYYYMMDD for when the clock turns over or we're going to be in
- big trouble on 00/01/01 00:00:00.
-
- Damon
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