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 ====The complications with MX====
-Cumulus MX works '''internally''' with dates specified in either a day before month before year format, or ISO 8601 date format where year comes first (yyyy-MM-dd) depending on context.  Compatibility with the legacy software has so far meant while the [[:Category:Ini Files|*.ini Files]] have adopted the year first approach, the [[:Category:MX txt Files|*.txt Files]] have stuck to date formats as used in the legacy definitions.
+The [[:Category:Ini Files|*.ini Files]] in MX have adopted the ISO 8601 date format where year comes first (yyyy-MM-dd), although for compatibility with the legacy software, any lines in these files ported from Cumulus 1 retain their day before month before year format until they are updated.  Most dates reported by web tags derive their content from entries in these files.
-For Cumulus MX output formatting,  the date and time modifiers are complicated by the fact that the same character can have 4 different meanings depending on its case (capital letter or lower-case letter), and depending on whether it is on its own (standard format) or with another modifer (custom format).  '''Sounds confusing?''' Well it is complicated.
+The [[:Category:MX txt Files|*.txt Files]] have so far stuck to date formats as used in the legacy definitions, the intention to swap to ISO format for the .txt files from September 2020, having been postponed to an unannounced future date, because of the continuing need for compatibility while there is use of the legacy software by a significant number of users.
+For Cumulus MX output formatting,  the date and time modifiers are complicated by the fact that ''the same character can have 4 different meanings'' depending on its case (capital letter or lower-case letter), and depending on whether it is on its own (standard format) or with another modifier (custom format).  One more confusion, Microsoft have reversed the use of capital 'M' and lower case 'm' from the standard used very  widely, and you may have got to know.  '''Sounds confusing?''' Well it is complicated.
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