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To: AZLiberty

(”11.11.18”),
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I have no answers, but I’d like to point out that this does not look like any date I’ve ever seen. Why use periods?


575 posted on 12/02/2018 6:12:38 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes

Some countries tend to use periods in dates. It is slightly easier to distinguish the numbers with the . separating them vs the dash.


582 posted on 12/02/2018 6:17:01 PM PST by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)
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To: greeneyes

I use periods in dates all the time. I also use them in phone numbers. I’m not exactly sure when I started doing that but very long ago. I don’t remember exactly why either, but it might have had something to do with computer storage at the time. “/” or “-” may have been reserved characters which I needed to avoid in certain circumstances.

Anyway, I like the look of periods and have been using them for a long, long time.


673 posted on 12/02/2018 8:15:34 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: greeneyes; AZLiberty

greeneyes wrote:

(”11.11.18”),
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I have no answers, but I’d like to point out that this does not look like any date I’ve ever seen. Why use periods?”

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713 posted on 12/02/2018 9:23:07 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: greeneyes

something in the back of my mind says we went down this road in a previous “Q” thread.


783 posted on 12/02/2018 11:48:33 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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