>Yes, that has always irked me, especially here in Canada >since half the dates are the british way (dd/mm/yy) while >the other half are the american way (mm/dd/yy). Really >confusing when you get something like: 02/07/02, what is >that? November 2nd, or February 7th? Because I have dealt with American businesses in the course of my employment in companies that use the "British" date format, I have got into the habit of using the word for the month, rather than writing an all numeric date, unless it is on a form that requests it in numeric form, and is giving the expected order of digits. Saves the potential angst of confusion :) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu