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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Chuck Pierson on Sun Jan 10 09:00:00 2021
    Hello Chuck!

    ** On Tuesday 29.09.20 - 22:15, Chuck Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

    Thanks for pointing that out. I recently paid closer attention to
    what my online banking system uses, invoices, and what the gov't
    prefers. Bank = dd/mm/yyyy. Statments = mm/dd/yyyy Gov't =
    yyyy/mm/dd

    Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.
    I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.


    I think yyyy/mm/dd makes the most sense. It resembles the way an odometer works or how any other click counter works, or how the incremental numbering system works in general.

    I've worked with the MIL-STD docs for the Standard Electronic Modules Program (SEMP). That is where I first noticed the consistent and sensible use of dd/ mm/yyyy. (like an odometer in reverse)

    Looking at some of those MIL-STD docs brings back a lot of memories. My work pertained to the electrical requirements of the modules. Start with MIL-STD 1389C and begin the journey of standard pointing to standard pointing to standard pointing to standard... (arghh)

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