From cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin Fri Jul 12 17:27:13 1991 Return-Path: Resent-From: cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin Resent-Message-Id: <9107121843.AA06184@relay1.UU.NET> 3 Sep 90 6:51 EDT (from major@pyrmania.oz.au) Message-Id: <9009030527.22474@munnari.oz.au> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 90 10:35:42 +0800 From: Major To: dave@prc.unisys.com Cc: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com In-Reply-To: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM's message of Fri, 31 Aug 90 11:26:15 -0400 <9008311526.AA00582@gem> Subject: times, dates, images, and S-W Sender: cbmvax!uunet!pta.oz.au!major Organization: Library of Scientific Knowledge (Inc) X-Bang-Address: {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!pta.oz.au!major X-Postal-Address: Box T1680 GPO, Perth WA 6001, Australia X-Phone: + 61 9 474-2600 X-Fax: + 61 9 474-1221 Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 14:39:55 EDT Resent-To: John Cowan Status: RO dave@PRC.Unisys.COM writes: > A big advantage is that numerical sorts work just fine. > > [defending his suggestion for date layout] > Another advantage is that it doesn't favor either American-style dates > (mm/dd/yy) or British-style dates (dd/mm/yy) No, it favors Japanese-style dates yymmdd or yy.mm.dd > it's more logical than either, and it can be equally easily explained > to members of both groups. The American method mirrors the way we pronounce the date 010290 January second 1990 The British method is ascending order of significance and the Japanese descending order of significance. The British or Japanese seem more 'logical' (I hate using that word in this group) to me but ease of computer sorting is not enough of a tie-breaker for me to say that the Japanese way is a clear winner. Happy hacking! | For every action, there is an equal and | opposite government program. Major | major@pta.oz.au |