This wednesday
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From: Elberton, GA
Originally Posted by MOS95B
Originally Posted by bandit
Originally Posted by sqela
Originally Posted by SSEi95
Originally Posted by MOS95B
What about 2106? 2206? 3006???
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Pessimist.....
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From: Halifax, Canada 91SSE / 97SSEi
Re: This wednesday
Originally Posted by SSEi95
Just in case you didn't have anything else to think about!
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
It will happen again May 4th if you use the Canadian.
mm/dd/yy vs dd/mm/yy
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Re: This wednesday
Originally Posted by Merlin 91/97
Originally Posted by SSEi95
Just in case you didn't have anything else to think about!
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
It will happen again May 4th if you use the Canadian.
mm/dd/yy vs dd/mm/yy
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From: Halifax, Canada 91SSE / 97SSEi
Originally Posted by MOS95B
Why, in the name of all that'* Holy, would we want to use the Canadian system???
Imagine the following date: 02/04/03
Which does it mean?
2nd of April 2003 (European style)
4th of February 2003 (USA style)
3rd of April 2002
Your answer will depend, mostly, on which country you live in.
The international format tries to address all these problems by defining a numerical date system as follows: YYYY-MM-DD
For example, "3rd of April 2002", in this international format is written: 2002-04-03.
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/iso-date
In which case 1234-05-06
May 6th 1234AD passed a long time ago.......
