On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Michael Edward McNeil wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 08:28, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (Although the exposure to non-standard ways of doing things may make this harder for Americans.) > > > Since Americans habitually use month-day order anyway, why would YYYY-MM-DD be especially difficult for them? It's Europeans and others who typically use day-month order that would seem likely to incur difficulties -- except that putting the year first is a pretty glaring clue that the order shouldn't be regarded as it usually is for them. > Since this thread is about making things clearer, I would comment on your use of the word "Americans". Americans means everyone in North and South America. I suspect what is meant here, is just the USA. Bob _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf