[DML] Re: Production Dates

["Gus Schlachter" <gus@xxxx>]

Now that you mention it, I'd be willing to bet that 4/10 is October 4, just
about right for the age of my car, and not April 10. So much for that
theory, huh?

I don't feel too bad...JPL and NASA couldn't figure out the difference
between newton-meters and foot-pounds!


Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN# 4695



> -----Original Message-----
> From: delorean@xxxx [mailto:delorean@xxxx]
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 4:14 AM
> Subject: [DML] Re: Production Dates
>
> Gus,
>
> I might be misinterpreting what you wrote, but do you mean you're puzzled
by
> the date in your door being "4/10/81", when your car was built in October
of
> '81? Well, here in Australia, and I think this is the same in the UK as
> well, we write the *day* first then the month, rather than the *month*
first
> then the day (as you do in the US). So the date in your door is "4th of
> October, '81", not "April 10th, '81". Is this what you were getting at?
> Sorry if I misread what you wrote, but I just wanted to clarify
> the date issue.