[ARC5] Bendix RA-1B receiver

[Bruce Long via ARC5]

I agree the American date convention MM/DD/YY is confusing and irrational.  

Whenever possible i use a three letter abbreviation for the mon, followed by numerical day and numerical year

ie Dec 12, 2014   


It is in some respects even more clumsy than the American standard but it has the virtue of being unambiguous.

In my education, my job and my family- my wife is from over seas- I have had frequent interaction with people who do not use the American date convention so clarity in communications has some importance.






________________________________
 From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Bendix RA-1B receiver
 

On 13 May 2014 at 14:15, AKLDGUY . wrote:

> American practice of writing dates as 4/22/2014 instead of 22/4/2014
> *seems* a strange hierarchical order

Well, I must say, as one who has always had a terrible time with time related 
matters, I have always thought that was weird too.

Usually, the only way I have ever been able to figure out which is the month 
and which is the day is if one number is greater than 12. If both numbers are 
12 or less, I'm totally lost.

Ken W7EKB

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