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To: wtc911; WhizCodger; LucyT
“Nice try but next time look up “british date format” before creating a document.”

In the first week that the CPGH BC was revealed I decided to investigate the date format.

On Wiki I found a site that used old IBM format manuals as a data source for a listing of the formats used in every country, probably to aide in writing word-processing software or for correspondence by IBM employees.

At the time the Wiki site had a world map and color coding for which date format each country used.

One country stood out among the former British colonies and that was Kenya. It was one of only two countries in the color purple (hmmm...may be some irony there).

The code, purple, indicated that both month MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY formats were in apparent official use in the country. A text list of the countries on the site in addition to the map confirmed that Kenya used both formats.

When I disclosed this information on the youtube site of the person claiming to have obtained the CPGH BC, an Obot named Mystylpix or some such challenged me.

I went back to the Wiki date format page, suddenly, the text listing showing Kenya as a dual use country and the asterisk that had shown the IBM docs as a source were missing and only the DD/MM/YYYY was shown. It had been edited!

I examined the editing history for the Wiki page and sure enough, Obot Mystylpix had done the deed!

But...she/he was unable to edit the map on the page which still showed purple for Kenya.

I have just gone to the Wiki link for the first time since then:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country

It can be seen that although Kenya in the text listing is shown to use only a strange YY/MM/DD format, the map still has Kenya color-coded for using a dual format...it is green now (male person interpretation). But the second format is now DD/MM/YY, not the former MM/DD/YY shown as of two years ago...which matches the CPGH BC.

Obot termites!

99 posted on 03/12/2012 4:20:33 PM PDT by Seizethecarp
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To: Fractal Trader

ping...thanks for the ping!


100 posted on 03/12/2012 4:26:07 PM PDT by Seizethecarp
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