leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (09/04/88)
In article <Aug.30.20.59.53.1988.20134@topaz.rutgers.edu> linhart@topaz.rutgers.edu.UUCP (D-ro 3.) writes:
<tr> I certainly hope not! I like the names of the months, like
<tr> the names of the days of the week. When a strictly numeric
<tr> date format is adopted, the world will be lesser for it.
<tr>
<tr> When I ask the computer for the date and time, I prefer
<tr>
<tr> 12:05 on Wednesday, 12 March 1943
<
<I usually view the day of week in the date a waste of writing time
<and space, except for such things as appointments. But then, I don't
<have a regular job. Four month names are number forms, anyway (and
<misleading, too, since January and February were inserted).
The day of the week is *very* important. It makes an excellent "checksum".
Many people will fail to notice that the *date* is off by one day, but they
will *definitely* notice if the day off the week is wrong!
It also catches year errors. I've seen a machine where *only* the year
had gotten messed up, and the odds are very good that in such a situation
the day of the week reported for *that* date won't match the day for the
*current* date.
(btw March 12, 1943 was a Friday... :)
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