[ARC5] Bendix RA-1B receiver

[J. Forster]

The MM/DD/YY is the traditional format  Jan 1 2014 but in numeric, fixed
field format

Jan  1 2014
01   1 2014
01  01 2014

The only real reason for using the format YYYY/MM/DD is that it sorts a
lot more easily.

-John

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> 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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