All in all there is an iso standard somewhere where dates should be wriiten
in the format YYYYMMDD... that is

23rd September 2009 will be written as 20090923.

This does makes a lot of sense in the computer world. I mark all my backup
files in that format. So when I categorise i.e. sort them they are
automatically sorted year first, then month and then date. Makes a lot more
sense to archive them with the least amount of information first and then
moving into the details....

BR/Saadat

Edward C. <edw### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:37db4115@news.povray.org...
> <note> Please note - It seems the last sentance in my previous post was
not
> sufficient, the post should have included <rant> </rant> markers.  I'm
> deeply sorry for this omission. </note>
> <question> But if I may restate my still un-answered question:  Which
short
> format is/should be used in POV source - or is it not important to discern
> between the 12th of Janurary and the 1st of December in a given year?
> </question>
> <rant> ...grumble grumble... of course if POV were mono-lingual, there
> wouldn't be ambiguity... mumble mumble...</rant>
> <aside> BTW:  That Y/M/D is cool, a bit like MSB first format, where D/M/Y
> is LSB first format, and M/D/Y is.... </aside>
>
>

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