[AccessD] Dates again- aarrgghh

Charles
Where would be the challenge in that? <g>

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 19:09
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [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 
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