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Posted by sharx35 on February 26, 2007, 3:52 pm
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>>>>>>> Somehow the date display in my register got changed inadvertently
>>>>>>> from MM/DD/YYYY to the european version of DD/MM/YYYY.
>>>>>>> I could not find any reference in the Help file to change it back to
>>>>>>> MM/DD/YYYY .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone know how to do that?
>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>> Oops
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>>>>>> MMDDYYYY is NOT logical. Either one goes from the large to the small,
>>>>>> i.e. YYYYMMDD or vice versa, i.e. DDMMYYYY
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>>>>> I seem to remember that it was DD MM YYYY if one used numbers but
>>>>> if one were writing a formal letter is was Month dd, yyyy. I don't
>>>>> know
>>>>> when the illogical format started.
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>>>> I use this format when writing. Today is 25 February 2007. Perfectly
>>>> logical and no messy commas.
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>>> Most USA folks would say and write it as February 25, 2007.
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>> Understood. However, in the course of my accounting work, when I see
>> 01/02/03, what the HELL is it? Is it February 1, 2003? Is it January 2,
>> 2003? Is it March 2, 2001 or is it Feb. 3, 2001?
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> If you are in the U.S. - and provided you were not told otherwise, it
> would be January 2, 2003. US date format by custom is MM/DD/YYYY
> Oftentimes folks leave off the first two digits of the year, to MM/DD/YY.
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Understood. However, in Canada, *some* people use the U.S. standard, others
use the Brit/Euro standard. On a printout of prescriptions dispensed by my
drugstore, it shows my birthdate using the U.S. standard, however all the
prescription detail uses the Euro standard for the date dispensed.
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