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Re: USNO Julian Date Converter
From: Sean C
Date: 2023 Mar 14, 19:45 -0700
From: Sean C
Date: 2023 Mar 14, 19:45 -0700
Robin,
You wrote:
"I didn't enter that date. It comes pre-populated that way when I clicked the link. [...] DD-MM-YYYY is the way I display dates on my PC so presumably they have accessed my configuration somehow.
Aha! Mystery solved. It did occur to me that perhaps the page was region specific and would allow someone outside the U.S. to enter the date in the dd/mm/yyyy format.
But I agree: what a mess. I prefer yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss, myself.
Cheers!
Sean C
