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   Martin Foster to Chuck Pierson   
   point softare PROS and CONS   
   30 Sep 20 09:18:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e8e94ebe   
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   PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32)   
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   TZUTC: 0100   
   Hello Chuck!   
      
   *** Tuesday 29.09.20 at 22:15, Chuck Pierson wrote to August Abolins:   
      
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    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   
      
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