17 April 2007

The dating method, used afore, date-month-year, is the only logical way—as do we in our formal documents, as does our military, as do they in most of of the world.

Using this method, there is no need for a comma as the numerals of the date and year are not confusingly adjacent; the units of time are juxtaposed gradually—day, month, year. This time-unit graduation also agrees with the sensibilities of the mentally organized.

There is yet another reason for this method, which comes into play the first thirty-one years of each century. Here's an example: you notice a date stating: "May 04" on something--a piece of equipment--a letter--. Is it an incomplete date meaning 4 May, or does it mean May 2004? Because of the haphazardness of human nature, you cannot be sure. With the proper dating method, the ambiguity is eliminated.

Using this dating method is simply logical, as is the use of the metric system. Let's standardize methods by using logic.

Thank you, Richard Stuart Otto