Oct. 5, 2000
3:10 p.m.
<<On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:47:32 +1100, Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au> said:
If hyphens are used to separate the numbers, the assumption is (I hope) that ISO-8601-style decreasing-magnitude notation is being used.
No, no such assumption can be made. Using hyphens to separate elements in a date was well-established practice in the United States before there ever was an ISO. The only time you can assume that a date is written in ISO 8601 format is when the full yyyy-mm-dd form is used. -GAWollman