Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!HDEDH1!NADWL From: NADWL@HDEDH1.BITNET (Scott Ophof) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.mailbook Subject: Re: converting Profs headers Message-ID: Date: 10 Feb 90 03:19:41 GMT Sender: MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription list Reply-To: MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription list Lines: 24 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 8 Feb 90 11:51:25 CET from On Thu, 8 Feb 90 11:51:25 CET Hans Deckers said: >On Wed, 7 Feb 90 14:38:27 EST John Wagner said: >>.. >>Is there anything else I should be doing? >Europeans would be delighted if - when reformatting PROFS headers - >you would pay attention to the date format the sending PROFS system >is using ( mmddyy (US) ddmmyy (EUR) ).. The format you're suggesting would only add to the confusion. Same for the "mm/dd/yy" and "dd/mm/yy" formats. I would prefer seeing any of the following to the exclusion of all others: - ccyymmdd (where century "cc" is optional) - mm/dd/yy (the US version) - dd Month ccyy (where "Month" is a word, and century "cc" is optional) - dd/mm-ccyy (note "-" to separate month and year parts, and "cc" again optional) Does anyone know of other NON-confusing date formats? Thank goodness the time is consistent (hh:mm:ss, where ":ss" is optional)... (Please, this comment about "time" is *NOT* meant to open a discussion). Regards. Scott/