The last mentioned order was agreed internationally by more countries than have ever agreed on anything else, more than a quarter of a century ago. R. On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Christian Boyer wrote:
As remarked by Post-Gazette.com, it is incorrect here, because we never use M/D/Y but D/M/Y: today is 05/04/06... Thus, the 1-2-3-4-5-6 sequence will occur here next month, May 4th.
One day < one month < one year: Hmmmm... our D/M/Y looks more logical than your M/D/Y...
In fact, the only two logical orders would be: - SS:MM:HH D/M/Y - Y/M/D HH:MM:SS But never used...
Christian.
-----Message d'origine----- De : math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de dasimov@earthlink.net Envoyé : mercredi 5 avril 2006 06:52 À : math-fun Objet : [math-fun] Very important moment coming up momentarily
In just a few minutes it will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 EDT.
By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S.
--Dan
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