>>>>> "SR" == Stephan Richter <stephan.richter@tufts.edu> writes: SR> Unfortunately, the US starts to use MM.DD.YYYY more and SR> more. That really starts to screw things up and makes SR> everything much more confusing than it needs to be. :-( That's why DD-MMM-YYYY is the most portable format. Oh wait, you want it to work for other languages too? :) 22-Nov-2002-ly y'rs, -Barry