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Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:36:21 GMT
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Benoit:
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> > Steve:
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> > > I think that date format will be comprehensible to everyone (does any
> > > country use year-day-month as a standard format?).
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> > Yes Japan does, However since it is always confusing when numbered dates are
> > used I would suggest 1999-jan-01 which is unmistakable.
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> I have always believed that Japan uses a year-month-day date
> format. Are you sure?
I can speak on this. Japan uses either y-d-m or d-m-y in modern forms.
Traditionally (and still in some traditional circles) the Year is expressed in
reference to the current ruling emperor, so the year that I was there (1996) was
actually year 8 by the traditional calendar (Heisei-Hachi). But that is probably
not of real interest :-)
--Karim
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| You are both right I actually meant that, since the date expressed in the example (ISO) was year month day I wasn't carefull enough when I read the other message. I don't know of a country which uses year day month. By the way I so what your talking (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Benoit: (...) I have always believed that Japan uses a year-month-day date format. Are you sure? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LDraw FAQ: <URL:(URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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