[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Format for Dates, Places, Tel, Names

[Ted Belke]

Hi All

I agree there should be a standard format for expressing dates and I really 
like the format that we are using where dates are expressed as 1 October 
2006  and would not like to see it changed.

Several examples have been given to support a change to the "General to 
Particular" format but there many other examples where "Particular to 
General" formats are commonly used on a daily basis, for example letter 
addresses, people names, etc.

 In my opinion it is not broken so it does not need fixing. Please leave it 
alone.

Particular to General----Ted Belke

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clifford" <clifford at holtz.ca>
To: "eclipse" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Cc: "C2 Holtz" <clifford at holtz.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:19 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Format for Dates, Places, Tel, Names


>I agree with Earl Schultz that all DATES should be written in the format
> Year Month Day  [yyyy  mm  dd].
> That is, from General  to  Particular.
>
> The same format can also be used for PLACES, that is:
> Country  Province  County  Village.
> This is the format used in many European countries.
>
> Telephone numbers also follow this logic:
> AreaNumber  RegionNumber  LocalNumber.
>
> The same format can also be used for person NAMES:
> Surname  GivenName1  Given Name2.
> This format is used by some cultural groups.
>
> My above suggestions (General to Particular) are contrary to the 
> procedures
> used by most genealogy programs such as Legacy, PAF, etc.
> But I think that you can see my logic.  The same concept is used in 
> computer
> programming.
>
> Hopefully, all genealogy programs (and even business practices), and
> especially sggee, will change to a more logical system.
>
> Documentation and interpretation will be much easier if there is a 
> STANDARD
> logical format, and sggee can lead the way.
>
> Clifford Holtz  H035
>
>
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