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The title text provides a perfect example of the kind of ambiguity that can arise when non-standard formats are used. The ISO standard was in fact published on 1988-06-05 and amended on 2004-12-01. This is mentioned in the title text in MM/DD/YY format; however, there is no way to naturally figure this out, particularly with the second date. | The title text provides a perfect example of the kind of ambiguity that can arise when non-standard formats are used. The ISO standard was in fact published on 1988-06-05 and amended on 2004-12-01. This is mentioned in the title text in MM/DD/YY format; however, there is no way to naturally figure this out, particularly with the second date. | ||
β | With the year truncated to two digits and all three numbers at 12 or lower, the date referring to December 1, 2004 (the digits pairs 12, 01 and 04) has a number of misinterpretations. Usually 12<sup>th</sup> Jan '04 (if written as US-style but read as European, or vice-versa) but with ISO-influenced "YY MM DD" ordering as one side or other of the misunderstanding it can easily become the 12<sup>th</sup> day of April 2001, the 4<sup>th</sup> day of December 2001 and the 4<sup>th</sup> of January 2012. It takes two such communication errors to 'become' the 1<sup>st</sup> day of April 2012. | + | With the year truncated to two digits and all three numbers at 12 or lower, the date referring to December 1, 2004 (the digits pairs 12, 01, and 04) has a number of misinterpretations. Usually 12<sup>th</sup> Jan '04 (if written as US-style but read as European, or vice-versa) but with ISO-influenced "YY MM DD" ordering as one side or other of the misunderstanding it can easily become the 12<sup>th</sup> day of April 2001, the 4<sup>th</sup> day of December 2001 and the 4<sup>th</sup> of January 2012. It takes two such communication errors to 'become' the 1<sup>st</sup> day of April 2012. |
Date formats were again the subject in [[1340: Unique Date]] and [[2562: Formatting Meeting]]. | Date formats were again the subject in [[1340: Unique Date]] and [[2562: Formatting Meeting]]. |