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I always get confused by American dates when they are entirely numerical. In most of Europe the dates are usually given in ascending or descending order of time interval, i.e. either dd:mm:yyyy or yyyy:mm:dd whereas most Americans prefer mm:dd:yyyy. It took me several years to get firmly in my head that when the horrible attack on the World Trade Center etc. was referred to as 9/11, it didn't mean 9th November.
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