This is from the Chicago Manual of Style: * * * 8.45 Another system, less elegant [than the 'Hungarian' system RKG mentions, below] is one employed by the military. In this the order day-month-year is preserved, but the name of the month is abbreviated to three three letters, where necessary, with a period. Thus 31 December 1991 appears as 31 Dec 91 (army style) or 31 DEC 91 (navy style). * * * I have an (unconfirmed) memory of EB White strongly speaking out for this "20 Nov 2002" format in the Elements of Style. It's easy to read I think, to have the numerals balanced by the letters of the month in the middle, and it avoids all the ambiguity with the month/day orderings. It doesn't seem to be catching on though. Thane Plambeck 650 321 4884 office 650 323 4928 fax http://www.qxmail.com/home.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Guy" <rkg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] 20/11/02
So is 02-11-20, and more logical, and consistent with an agreement signed by almost every country in the world a little over a quarter of a century ago, even including the US at that time. You say `European style', but the Hungarians used (the stlye) 02:xi:20 from time immemorial. The top of my copy of your message had 20 Nov 2002.
R.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Ken Roberts wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Just realized that, European style, today 20/11/02 is a neat date.
Cheers,
Ken R.
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