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And here we go AGAIN, Dumb Email of the day

Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
in Zocalo v2.0
Oh this one made me laugh, see if you can find the flaw in their logic..


"Thank you for your rebate inquiry. We have received your submission,
but we are unable to honor it because our records indicate that it
was postmarked on 05-23-2004 and the promotion required all
submissions to be postmarked by 06-14-2004."

Comments

  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Somebody's either gonna get fired or get a damn good Bonus for that one! :D
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    This is what happens when you put the days and months around the wrong way in your date format. :D
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    Actually, that's quite impossible, unless there are at least 23 months now, and I haven't heard about it.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]This is what happens when you put the days and months around the wrong way in your date format. :D [/B][/QUOTE]


    yeah well 23/05/04 still comes before 14/06/04
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Yes it does, but if you write them american style and then treat them rest-of-the-world style, they look like they're the other way around.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]Yes it does, but if you write them american style and then treat them rest-of-the-world style, they look like they're the other way around. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Oh dear, Now i am confused,
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    If you provided those dates to a program in american style (mm-dd-yyyy) and then the program treated them like logical, rest-of-the-world style (dd-mm-yyyy) then the program would think that your submission date was after the cut off date (14 < 23). Now replace program with stupid human, and there's your problem.
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    Wouldn't any calendar system be programmed with the fact that there are only 12 months, and only 28-31 days?

    No, of course not. That'd be as logical as putting four-digit dates in computers way back when. Long term planning seems to be a problem with those who write date-related computer programs.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Got it in one. :D
  • An ex-SquidAn ex-Squid Elite Ranger
    "Garbage out, no matter what" is all you're gonna get when idiots are involved...:rolleyes:
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]logical, rest-of-the-world style (dd-mm-yyyy)[/B][/QUOTE]

    Better though it is, even that isn't quite as good as yyyy-mm-dd, which sorts easily without actually having to parse.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Bekenn [/i]
    [B]Better though it is, even that isn't quite as good as yyyy-mm-dd, which sorts easily without actually having to parse. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Thank you!!!

    ;)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Bekenn [/i]
    [B]Better though it is, even that isn't quite as good as yyyy-mm-dd, which sorts easily without actually having to parse. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Yes. That's the ISO standard format for dates, and is easily the best.
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