Unmentionables

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... entry for 26th Jan ( that's Jan 26 for our US buddies [unbearably cute smilie deleted]) ... Slainte!

Ah ha! An opportunity to get on my soap box:

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As this world gets smaller and smaller we need to eliminate misunderstandings amonst those of us who "... are separated by a common language" (George Bernard Shaw).

When we specify a time of day we always do it in hours-minutes[-seconds] format (coarsest to finest resolution). Why do we not do the same with dates? There is an international date and time standard, ISO 8601, that, in brief, states that the date format shall be YYYY-MM-DD which is unabiguous.

Anytime I write the date whether it's by hand or not, I now use the ISO 8601 format and encourage everyone else to do the same. This web site could easily be upgraded (mike1) to use the international format - after all we are an international group.
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