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Old 23rd August 2005, 15:57
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Re: Date convention

Interesting discussion and good points. However, my post was not an attempt to resolve the "one correct way" to express dates, but simply a convention that everyone who visits the site could understand.

Regardless of any international stand(s), countries who are trying to culturally take over the world, etc., and what WWII documents show, my point is that with all these possible variations coming in, from new and old visitors alike, it would be much clearer if we all used an alpha-numeric convention. Including the month with the numbers makes it chrystal clear what the month is. So, make it XX-Aug-XX, Aug-XX-XX or XXXX-Aug-XX, but include the month as alpha. This is clear.
Can we all not agree on at least that?
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