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Subject: Re: Tracking Al Einstein - software sug
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 23:25:00 EST
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>Does anyone know why dates are not usually written in a most to 
>least significant order?
>
>                                       -- Ray (lampman@heurikon.UUCP)

It depends on where you come from. I've been writing 1987 November 4
ever since high school. I make lots of mistakes on M/D/Y, D/M/Y, etc.
forms - I think that they should all be Y/M/D. Therefore I nearly
always use 4 digits for the year, and spell out the month - avoids
confusion.