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[Jon L. Obscene]

What is with the American (and other countries) way of writing a date?

Here, today is the 10th of March 2005, written "10/03/2005"

In america and some other places you write 03/10/05

Why put the month first?
It goes up, the day is smallest time scale, then month, then year.
Same as time, "20 minutes past 4" , not 4:20, that sounds stupid.

Not having a pop, I'm just wondering where the logic comes from to put the month before the day?

Jonno :cool:

[TheDave]

11/9 isn't catchy

[Jon L. Obscene]

It was spose to be catchy?

What about before that? it's always been the same, I just wondered what logic there is to it.

Jonno :cool:

[TheDave]

there is no logic. it's american

[Jon L. Obscene]

Fair comment

Jonno :cool:

[100%]

i don't get it either - more logical is : d-m-yr

must have something to do with be "objective"

[TheDave]

i really need food, sorry

[Jon L. Obscene]

i don't get it either - more logical is : d-m-yr

must have something to do with be "objective"

It's cos they wanna change stuff, lik ewe just had mothers day and they think thats weird, yet we been doing that for 400 years on, but we're wrong?

Ok I can see this is gonna go into a rant so I'm gonna be quiet now

[100%]

d-m-yr
could be seen as
da-mn-year
which is something europeans are known to say when depressed - "DaMn Year and i'm DaMn Yer ass"

yet in the usa
m-d-yr
could be seen as
mo-d-year
possibly interpretted to - "this is a Mod Year(again) and where gonaa Mod Yer ass"

ok i'll stfu now - just trying to find some kinda of logic

[tesco]

because when you write the date you go Month Date, year. (March 10, 2005)

So it would only make sense to do it that same way when writing it all in number form wouldn't it? (03/10/2005)

[DarthInsinuate]

i think some places have y-m-d

[Jon L. Obscene]

Yeah well that makes sense cos it's largest to smallest.

Thats what I don't get, they do Middle, Small, Large (m-d-y)
There's no logic to it.

Think of it like this, you go to a cafe and on the menu it says

Coffee.... Medium , small or large

You'd be like.....wtf? :huh:

[Barbarossa]

because when you write the date you go Month Date, year. (March 10, 2005)

So it would only make sense to do it that same way when writing it all in number form wouldn't it? (03/10/2005)

Well you might, but I'd tend to write 10th March 2005 ...

10/03/2005 ...

10th day of March in the year 2005 ...


I'd be one to favour the y/m/d format.. more logical if you think about it..

[sparsely]

please.
bury me.
with it. (http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime)

[Snee]

I'd be one to favour the y/m/d format.. more logical if you think about it..

I'd say I was born the tenth of October 1979, but I use the y/m/d format when writing it 'cos that's the format used in our personal number thingies.

[HeavyMetalParkingLot]

Today's date is:

Gregorian: Thursday, 10 March 2005
Mayan: Long count = 12.19.12.1.17; tzolkin = 8 Caban; haab = 0 Cumku
French: 20 Ventôse an 213 de la Révolution
Islamic: 29 Muharram 1426
Hebrew: 29 Adar I 5765
Julian: 25 February 2005
ISO: Day 4 of week 10 of 2005
Persian: 20 Esfand 1383
Ethiopic: 1 Magabit 1997
Coptic: 1 Baramhat 1721
Chinese: Cycle 78, year 22 (Yi-You), month 2 (Ji-Mao), day 1 (Gui-Si)
Julian day: 2453440
Day of year: Day 69 of 2005; 296 days remaining in the year
Discordian: Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 69, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3171

So in the grand scheme of things, why worry about 2 switched numbers?

[Jon L. Obscene]

stfu

Jonno :cool:

[TheDave]

does the mayan calender run out in 2012? :fear:

[manker]

I think it's the winter solstice in 2012.

[TheDave]

doesn't that happen every year?

[manker]

doesn't that happen every year?Winter solstices do, yeah :unsure:

[bigboab]

I think it's the winter solstice in 2012.

Is this the winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere?

[manker]

Is this the winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere?I was addressing Dave rather than an antipodean, from my point of view, so the precision in my statement was inferred http://www.sighost.us/members/danb/snooty.gif

[ziggyjuarez]

Hey you are right...gonna take this up with the bush.

[clocker]

What is with the American (and other countries) way of writing a date?


One advantage of my great age is that I remember several turning points in American ( and, by definition, world) history.
It is with crystal clarity that the decision on how to write the date comes back to me.

I was but a lad and not qualified to vote in the matter,but I followed the debate with great attention.

As I recall, the primary reason behind arranging the month, day, and year as we do was "to piss off all them nancyboy Euros with their highfalutin ways."

It really was that simple.

Oddly, that simple decision became the cornerstone for our entire foreign policy.

Which seems to be working out as intended.

[TheDave]

:lol:

sounds true enough

[100%]

Today's date is:

Gregorian: Thursday, 10 March 2005
Mayan: Long count = 12.19.12.1.17; tzolkin = 8 Caban; haab = 0 Cumku
French: 20 Ventôse an 213 de la Révolution
Islamic: 29 Muharram 1426
Hebrew: 29 Adar I 5765
Julian: 25 February 2005
ISO: Day 4 of week 10 of 2005
Persian: 20 Esfand 1383
Ethiopic: 1 Magabit 1997
Coptic: 1 Baramhat 1721
Chinese: Cycle 78, year 22 (Yi-You), month 2 (Ji-Mao), day 1 (Gui-Si)
Julian day: 2453440
Day of year: Day 69 of 2005; 296 days remaining in the year
Discordian: Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 69, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3171

So in the grand scheme of things, why worry about 2 switched numbers?

Suddenly time became intimidating and meaningless at the same moment

[namzuf9]

There is nothing more intimidating than looking at a clock with no hands.

[sparsely]

look at it with your eyes, fool :rolleyes: