On 11/08/2010 09:47 AM, Tom Browder wrote: >> yeah, Americans. Go figure... > As an American (USA) I have to say I've never seen YYYYDDMM, only YYYYMMDD. Americans don't write their dates as YYYYDDMM they write them as MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD (as required by FIPS, NIST and ANSI standards)