Re: [RML] RML introduction
James E. Capelle (jcapelle at gte.net)
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 04:24:25 -0500
peter.unmack at ASU.Edu wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Andrew Hamilton wrote:
>
> > I was born on 4/8/71
>
> I didn't fully realise it until coming to the US, but the Yanks have screwed
> everything up, even dates. To an American, this date reads the 8th of
> April, whereas the rest of the world realises that it is the 4th of
> August. The standard convention in Museums and other similar
> institutions is to use roman numerals for the month. Best off sticking
> to writing out the month in English.
>
> Tootles
>
> Peter Unmack
also some in the US military use date form of date.