If you are worried just about the date, as in or on a document, I still think the alphanumeric way is the clearest. And what good is it to me to know how the date is written numerically in the US if it comes on something from EU? The best date type for sorting, if that is the mission, is the Julian date extended. David M Fisher ----- Original Message ----- From: "david" <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> To: "Fractint and General Fractals Discussion" <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: 03 September, 2006 21:00 Subject: Re: [Fractint] Re: Re: FOTD 02-09-06 (New View of SeahorseValley [6])
David Fisher wrote:
This date thing has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. I agree with John, somewhat, but not David in Hawaii. As with addresses, begin with the smallest, and progress to the largest.
But when you do that, you can no longer use a simple numeric sort to put them in proper order.
To avoid confusion, the month should be alphabetic, ie, Jan, Feb, Mar,etc. I get totally confused with numerical dates, unless one of the entries is above 12. To me 8/5/xx could either be 08 May, or Aug 05. How do you know?
By remembering the standard order that your particular part of the world uses? ;-)
No, alpha month names slow down entry and prevent use of simple numeric sorting. Also, month NUMBERS are the same across the US and Europe and possibly elsewhere. Month NAMES are not.
David Fisher ----- Original Message ----- From: "david" <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> To: "Fractint and General Fractals Discussion" <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: 02 September, 2006 21:18 Subject: [Fractint] Re: Re: FOTD 02-09-06 (New View of SeahorseValley [6])
Lee H. Skinner wrote:
John W.,
I occasionally forget that America writes the date backwards,
The only rational way to write the date is YYYY.M.D (2006.9.2) or YYYYMMDD (20060902). Either one lets you append the time (HH.MM.SS or HHMMSS), and both produce a very sensible and easily sorted date/time. ;-)
in addition to driving on the wrong side of the road! <<
No, No! We always drive on the right side of the road! :-)
Lee S.
Silly Brits still can't tell their right from their left! Just further proof that the *intelligent* people migrated to the colonies! ;-)
-- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community
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