[Info-vax] VMS Software Bootcamp 2024

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Sep 18 09:27:02 EDT 2024


On 9/18/2024 9:21 AM, Tom Wade wrote:
> On 2024-09-18 00:25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> But it’s not ISO 8601.
> 
> Very true, but better than the AM/PM stuff, and unambiguous (unlike mm/ 
> dd/yy or dd/mm/yy).

yyyy-mm-dd has better characteristics (sorting), but dd-mmm-yyy tend to
be more readable.

> I'm a great believer in ISO 8601 ever since we had a software license 
> expire on February 2nd when we were expecting it to last till March 3rd!

February 3rd and March 2nd??

Arne


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