-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu 6 May 2004 15:41, William Ballard wrote: >> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:20:21PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: >> > >> > One way to avoid the confusion is by using the ISO format: >> > yyyy/mm/dd. Also makes it very easy to sort by date. >> >> In America, one should not date checks that way, unless one wishes to >> eventually to get checks returned by the bank. > > Are you serious? You'd think banks would prefer that format since it is > absolutely unambiguous and avoids confusion. If it's towards the end of > the month of May, how is the bank supposed to know if 05/06/04 is > referring to 6 May or 5 June (a post-dated cheque)? Checks will bounce unless dated like 5/6/2004, 6 MAY 2004 or May 6, 2004. - -- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux. You can find a worse OS, but it costs more. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAmsb+UzgNqloQMwcRAs0uAJ9mLFesrf7v8/zHFYJXf/zvgHjleQCbB6o9 tw+MGENTW3cL3Jl4BWNjijU= =8uUW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
