We Brits write it as 21-12-2012.  We like to put the day before the month. But then you also drive on the wrong side of the road, but we won't hold it against you.  ;-)

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...