[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Julian and Gregorian Dates in Lipno

[Heinz Rode]

Every one in Germany uses DD/MM/YYYY ; to be sure I use, like Rose and John
suggest the abreviated month.

It seems to me ? that everytime something metric gets transplanted to North America, some 
people try their darndest to make it somehow different.

Take the metric wrench sizes; for decades the most common sizes were; 14, 15,
17, 19; when the auto industry decided on metric they came up with 18 mm bolt
heads which nobody had a wrench for.

Heinz Rode


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gpvjem" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>
To: "Rose Ingram" <roseingram at shaw.ca>; "Earl.Schultz" <Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net>; 
<ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: 17 August, 2006 16:23
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Julian and Gregorian Dates in Lipno


>    It sure is easier to read as 16 Aug 2006 without a momentary pause to remember what 
> sequence the last 4 numbers are in.
> I note my personal bank cheques now require me to enter DD/MM/YYYY, the exact reverse of 
> the International Standards Assoc.   So much for standardization.  8>)
>
> John Marsch
>
> -----------------------------
>
>
>  It may be easier to solve the problem if every one type the month in
>  abbreciated form instead of using a number, no matter what order we use or
>  what genealogy program we use.   :-)
>
>  Rose Ingram
>  -------
>
>  From: "Earl.Schultz" <Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:30 PM
>
>  >
>  > Gary & Others,
>  >
>  > You made an interesting comment with respect to writing dates as
>  > 12/06/1900
>  > and I'm surprised we haven't resolved this matter once and for all.  The
>  > International Standards Association (or whatever they are called) has
>  > accepted the format YYYY/MM/DD or 1900/06/12 (1900 June 12).  Years ago as
>  > a
>  > member of the Ontario Genealogical Society I participated in a survey that
>  > resulted in them deciding to write all dates as YYYY/MM/DD.  I believe
>  > that
>  > Salt Lake City has also accepted that format.  It does not lead to
>  > misunderstandings (or at least much less chance) and all other time is
>  > written from largest to smallest as in HH:MM:SS (hours/minutes/seconds).
>  > It
>  > is about time all genealogists adopt this format for the sake of accuracy.
>  >
>  > Earl Schultz
>  >