Date Convention

[John Beaman]

Gentlemen:

After a discussion many months back, I note that members are again posting dates in a strictly numerical format like 7-9-44. Is that Sept 7, 1944 or July-9, 1944?

Forgive me, but we Americans and perhaps others in the world use Month-Date-year. I realize that 80% of the remainder probably use date-month-year. However, I think it will be more helpful to all involved if we use the actual month name. I do not care if it is 7-Sep-44 or Sep-7-44 as long as we use the month name. This way, regardless of format, it is clear what date you are writing.

Let’s all try to do this on every post.