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  • Subject: Re: 4 digit date?
  • From: Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:05:01 -0800
  • Organization: Conex Global Logistics Services, Inc.

Studies have shown that 95% of statistics are made up, including
this one.

Regards,

Jim Langston

bvining@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

> I agree that raw statistics can lead the reader to pretty much wherever
> the statistician wants; and had hoped that my reference to the 8%
> being misleading, as it includes all English orders, as being somewhat
> a disclaimer for that statistic.  Obviously my hopes have been dashed...
>
> Since the date format is simply the default, and every job on the system
> can select its own format, this is most likely just another piece of
> useless statistics that I should have resisted putting on the net.
>
> Happy Holidays,
> Bruce

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