On 2003.12.03 15:24:06 -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> Am I right to assume you don't have control over the source code for
> this particular application?

I should have been more specific.  I don't have any control over
the application (indeed, over the many applications that use %x).

(And thanks to those who pointed out 8601 is YYYY-MM-DD; that's
just as good :-)

Brian.

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     Brian de Alwis | Graduate student | Software Practices Lab | UBC
"Passivity & cynicism have always come easily to the educated." - Ed Broadbent