title: How to set the width of a list, in css
body: <p>I have the code, as below. It's a bit annoying to have the text not align (it affects other <code>li</code> elements). How can I make it a fixed-width? I've tried width=XYZpx but that did nothing.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;li class="date"&gt;2/28/2010 9:37:38 AM&lt;/li&gt;
  ...
  &lt;li class="date"&gt;3/1/2010 9:37:38 AM&lt;/li&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>css</p>
  
  <pre><code>li.date
  { 
    background : url(/icons/date.png) no-repeat left top;
  }
  </code></pre>