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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.  
  
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Date formats were again the subject in [[1340: Unique Date]] and [[2562: Formatting Meeting]].
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Date formats were again the subject in [[1340: Unique Date]].
  
 
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