Bob Hutchison <hutch@RedRock.com> wrote:
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| What I find amazing is the continued use of this particular abbreviation
| well past the time the problems with it were well known...
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Yeah, tell me about it! I just got my California driver's license renewed,
and guess what? The new expiration data is... (*drum roll*)... "05-23-03".
How's *that* for ambiguity??!?  ;-}


-Rob

p.s. IMHO, it *should* have read "2003-05-23". But no.

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