A while back when he was a mayor I did quip something along those lines to
him. But even given in the best langue diplomatique I could muster I got the
impression it wasn't entirely appreciated.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Maybe you should suggest that to President Chirac ... I'll stand back.

Regards

Bob

"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message
...
And certainly July would not be recognised in
Excel with our friends across the channel.

'Le Weekend' seems to be understood well enough, perhaps it's just a
matter
of time...

Regards,
Peter T

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Peter,

I absolutely agree about unambiguous dates. When I use is SUMPRODUCT
solutions I try to use an ISO standard yyyy-mm-dd, I haven't yet heard
from
anyone that "-" is a problem. And certainly July would not be
recognised
in
Excel with our friends across the channel.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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