OT: Date format: Was: Re: Mails not from me

Tue Nov 2 23:45:04 UTC 2010

On 10-11-02 05:59 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    
>> Seriously? People actually use YYYYDDMM?
>>      
> yeah, Americans. Go figure...
>
>    

No, they do not.  I'm sure some individuals might make that mistake, but 
no formal standard of any kind exists for YYYY-DD-MM

Americans use MM-DD-YY (or MM-DD-YYYY), which is odd enough, but if you 
see a numerical date starting with the year, then it should always be in 
YYYY-MM-DD format, as the only known standard.