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Yes, but the military also uses military time (something else that's a real nuisance), but American society-at-large doesn't use it. Every American business letter I receive uses the Month Day, Year format and it's the format taught in American schools. Foreign countries don't change the date format in their countries to accommodate Americans, so why should we change our date format to accommodate them. Since someone has to be inconvenienced and use an unfamiliar date format, it might as well be the foreign countries. 😎 I realize that CIS, an American-based company, has a small percentage of international users, but by accommodating them, they are inconveniencing the American users, who make up the bulk of the membership. I mean if I logged on to a German BBS, I certainly wouldn't expect them to be using the American date format.