----- Original Message ----- From: "HUANG, JERRY (ATTLABS)" <zh1424@xxxxxxx> To: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx>; <MEMcNeil@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Yao Jiankang" <yaojk@xxxxxxxx>; <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51 AM Subject: RE: What day is 2010-01-02 >What I am not so sure about is the sweeping statement that Americans >would likely have difficulties with the 'yyyy-mm-dd' format. I walked >around the office and polled seven of my co-workers who happen to be >around (all engineers by trade, five 'natives'), all seven (eight >including me) _know_ what it means. Good test. but you tested it only in your office which, I think , is located in USA. So the conclusion derived from your office test may apply only to most offices in USA. Have you tested it in U.K., France, ASIA countries such as Japan, China of different culture and background? _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf