[Info-vax] EISNER downtime from 12-JUL-2023 through 17-JUL-2023

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/12/2023 7:21 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <b184dd587e0796f96e087c76c5d8e1e43cd0e3cd.camel at munted.eu>,
> alex.buell at munted.eu (Single Stage to Orbit) wrote:
>> At least they didn't use US centric dates.
> 
> The VMS date format, as per the subject line, was first standardised by
> the US Department of Defense. They picked it because it isn't anyone's
> native format, but everyone can understand it.
> 
> I work for a British branch of a US-based company that's owned by a
> German firm. I use VMS format dates for all official communications, even
> though we haven't had VMS running for over twenty years.

I use VMS date format all the time.

When communicating a date to a group spread out over both
US and Europe, then it is a nice unambiguous format.

So it has become a habit and I use it everywhere. Also when
writing a check or dating signature on some stupid form!

Arne