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<DIV><SPAN class=366564015-09042003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Talk to Microsoft. *I* didn't invent the date standard for SQL and
our apps use a medium date format for display because there is no confusion
about reading it, whatever the language.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=366564015-09042003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Wortz, Charles
[mailto:CWortz@tea.state.tx.us] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 09, 2003
7:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=186493015-09042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>And we could
cut traffic on this list by 10% or more if everybody would adopt the
international date format of yyyymmdd instead of trying to use the obsolete
date formats of mmddyy and ddmmyy. <grin></FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Charles Wortz</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Software Development
Division</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Texas
Education Agency</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>1701
N. Congress Ave</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Austin,
TX 78701-1494</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>512-463-9493</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>CWortz@tea.state.tx.us</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Charlotte Foust
[mailto:cfoust@infostatsystems.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday 2003 Apr 09
10:22<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=276442015-09042003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>You should have a surcharge, not a discount! It's all your fault
that US developers have to deal with internationalization issues in their
application! <VBG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=276442015-09042003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Software
Design & Solutions Pty Ltd. [mailto:SDSSoftware@Optusnet.com.au]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 09, 2003 4:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AccessD] Dates again-
aarrgghh<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am amazed that that 'feature'
hasn't bitten me before. Shouldn't we non US developers get a discount?
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