June 2, 1999
8:55 p.m.
The feature on date notations appeared in the 01/06/99 edition of the Wall Street Journal, including a quote from our illustrious Mr. Kuhn. Coincidentally I had picked up the paper in the Boston airport as I was coming in from France, and had just filled out the dd/mm/yy blanks on the US customs form that they mentioned in the article. I liked the use of the term "highfalutin" that someone used to describe Americans (like myself) that use the day-first notation. Wonder what they would say about us using metric paper sizes? I am kicking myself for having forgotten to stock up on office supplies whilst in Paris, especially with the USD so strong.