May I introduce you to another fool proof way: 12d12 year-month-day This is in particular useful in a mixed lab with american and europeans labeling Eppendorf tubes differently. The month has a defined letter, like this you know that your buffer was made on June 9th and not September 6th J, F,M,A,Y,J,U,G,S,O,N,D for the months, simply first letter, but if taken move to the second letter etc.
I'm sure you guys know about the two Bohemian mathematicians who figured out that the Apocalypse as predicted by the Mayan calendar is due in 104 years because the alignment of events was done incorrectly. Jürgen ...................... Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Office: +1-410-614-4742 Lab: +1-410-614-4894 Fax: +1-410-955-2926 http://lupo.jhsph.edu On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:17 PM, David Schuller wrote: On 12/20/12 11:23, Edward A. Berry wrote: No, No- in scientific circles we go from MSB on the left to LSB on the right: 2012 12 20 (still a sort of palindrome). This is the best method if you are going to incorporate the date into a file name. That way alphanumeric and chronological searches come up the same. It's a pity it took us so long to figure this out, and the world is ending tomorrow. http://www.makemeacocktail.com/cocktail/7209/mayan-apocalypse/ Maya Apocalypse cocktail -- ======================================================================= All Things Serve the Beam ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University schul...@cornell.edu
