Might not be relevant for Wolfie Birthday but do you think we should put the date as DD/MM/YYYY (chrismas would become 25/12/2003)
or as MM/DD/YYYY (chrismas would be 12/25/2003) ????

on a side note
its 03-03-03 now [img]smile.gif[/img]

here we have loads of people marrying today [img]tongue.gif[/img]
about 100 couples instead of about 5 on a normal monday

Bah!!
Your devil has ran off with your mind!

Everyone knows tha x.mus is 12/24/2003 ;)

Day/Month/Year

why did the second one ( MM/DD/YYYY ) emmm..created?

Americans (and probably some others) use it.

Technicaly its a poor notation, as its ambiguous with other formats. Is 3/4/03 3rd april or 4th march? No way to tell if it isnt obvious from context.

Well, it should be standardized. You have to keep in mind that the dates are different when reading mail or articles from across the pond.

Personally, I think MM/DD/YY is more logical, being that you say "April 3rd, 2003" more than "the third of April, 2003." Plus, in most business contexts, the MM/YY is the most important part, anyway, so it draws the eye to the most important info first.

BTW - I didn't vote. :D

But Timber - in the UK, we *do* say 'the third of April'. It's only you lot across the pond that have to be difficult and say 'April third' you nutters [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Here's something new for you all ( maybe ). The chinese use different methods. ie, YYYY/MM/DD.

so today is er ling ling san nian san yue shi re or 2003/3/4 .

Yeah - what Epona said, I always say "3rd of April" as opposed to "April 3rd". [img]tongue.gif[/img] Also, it makes more sense as DD/MM/YY because then it is in growing order of magnitude, i.e. a day is the smallest unit of time and then a month then a year. With the MM/DD/YY system, it's in a wierd order [img]tongue.gif[/img]