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28 Jul 2024 18:18:58 EDT (-0400)
  English style?  
From: Edward C 
Date: 11 Sep 1999 19:39:46
Message: <37dae842@news.povray.org>
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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