[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Bruce,

By 2/5/45 I assume you mean 2 May 1945. The issue here is that on the eastern side of the pond it is fairly rarely written 2/5/45 and on the western side of the pond it is always written 5/2/45. The safest way to be sure all know what you mean is to write either 2 May 1945 (eastern side and some western side) or May 2, 1945, strictly western side. Beyond that, the only fairly sanctified shortcut is to write it in "purely" European style as 2.5.45. I put that in quotes, as I've seen some advertisers here on the western side try to get cute with 5.2.45 and want to shoot them. The decimal system, as far as I'm concerned, is "copyright" European and should remain that way.

Regards,
Richard