Even though I was born in the US and am a product
of public education here, I have adjusted to the more
"logical(?)" DD/MM/YY format. To me, it is a mater of
going from the smallest unit to the largest unit.
If it helps you to understand, I also model in 1=1 meter
scale, if I can get away with it I use a 24 hr clock, and a
Dvorak keyboard. I guess that I am not the "standerd
American".
Mr. Art

"Edward C." wrote:

> How does one write the date in POV source files?  DD/MM/YY, or that
> inexplicable style MM/DD/YY?
> I can see the logic to the first style, it follows a clear order, but the
> second?  Thankfully, I can't recall any modern nation that uses
> it.....there's some country between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, but
> last I heard, they hadn't even adopted the metric system!  :-P
> BTW: It has been mentioned before on this server, that to use two different
> styles of English (i.e. English and American) in one publication is very
> poor style indeed.  Not only does the parser allow for this kind of nonsense
> (why it is bi-lingual I will never know), but the source is full of it.  No,
> it doesn't really matter, it's just a little unfortunate.

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