[AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh

Andy,

You want logic?  You sure ask for a lot! <VBG>  If you wanted a logical
dating system, then you would be pushing for something like all months
being 30 days long with a four or five day holiday at the end/beginning
of the year and the names of the months matching their month numbers.
<VBG>


Charles Wortz 
Software Development Division 
Texas Education Agency 
1701 N. Congress Ave 
Austin, TX 78701-1494 
512-463-9493 
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us 
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday 2003 Apr 09 12:28
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh

Well at least yyyymmdd makes some kind of sense. It follows the
principle of any numbering system in having the higher order numbers to
the left, working down to lower order to the right. And the UK version
does at least do the same in reverse. I've never understood the logic of
the US format (ducks).

Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Wortz,
Charles
Sent: 09 April 2003 16:34
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh


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>
Charles Wortz