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|    Martin Foster to Chuck Pierson    |
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|    30 Sep 20 09:18:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e8e94ebe       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5f7387d2       PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0100       Hello Chuck!              *** Tuesday 29.09.20 at 22:15, Chuck Pierson wrote to August Abolins:              [snip]        CP> Strange. In the US, most people and places use mm/dd/yyyy. In the        CP> military, we used dd/mm/yyyy. I got used to it, which helped me later.        CP> I worked in the oil and gas industry for years, and had communicated        CP> internationally a lot. Dates could have been confusing there.              Although I've lived in the UK all my life and was brought up to use the        British date format(dd/mm/yyyy), I now much prefer to use the European        date format(dd.mm.yyyy).              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.47        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/131 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 240/2100 5138 5411 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 310/31 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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