Re: Date format (Re: Lojban / Most translated Web Page)

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/8/00 3:51:37 AM CST, lalo@hackandroll.org writes:

<< There isn't really "most used first" for dates. If you're
talking about the near future or past, you will probably use only the day or
day/month; however, if you're talking about the distant future/past
("distant" as in from a few years on), you will probably use only the year
or month/year. >>
I suppose that the supposition is that most of us most of the time talk 
mainly about near events. Historians might like a different convention, but 
newsmen surely want this one.