The Right Way to Write Dates

Sabretooth · 03-18-2009, 01:51 AM

It's DD/MM/YY, bitches.

What gives man, no polls allowed on this goddamn zombie of a forum.

CommanderQ · 03-18-2009, 01:59 AM

DD/MM/YY? Well, that makes sense...since we've been doing that forever!! Anyway, not much gives. No polls?! We need a moderator on this forum, dag nammit!!

TSR · 03-18-2009, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

It's DD/MM/YY, bitches.

Hell to the yeah.

Confusing as hell when you get all the yanky types giving it the MM/DD/YY treatment. Often I find myself thinking they've invented new months.

i.e its the 4th day of the 18th month you say?

Whats with that? I demand an explanation.

Darth InSidious · 03-18-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

It's DD/MM/YY, bitches.

Yes. This American MM/DD/YY system is confusing as hell.

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What gives man, no polls allowed on this goddamn zombie of a forum.

That sucks.

**Astor** · 03-18-2009, 10:26 AM

Bloody Colonials and their dating systems...

DD/MM/YY is how it should be - MM/DD/YY is incredibly confusing - I can accept it for important dates (such as 9/11, but this often causes people to ask 'What happened on the 9th of November?'), but it's annoying.

CommanderQ · 03-18-2009, 10:33 AM

Bloody Colonials??!! We're independent!!

Yeah, this stuff gets confusing, but one can accept a system like that...even if the so-called 'bloody colonials' made it...

Darth InSidious · 03-18-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Astor Kaine

(such as 9/11, but this often causes people to ask 'What happened on the 9th of November?'), but it's annoying.

9/11 is three numbers and a slash. It is a meaningless piece of jargon.

I believe you mean the World Trade Center attacks which took place on September 11th 2001.

Sabretooth · 03-18-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth InSidious

9/11 is three numbers and a slash. It is a meaningless piece of jargon.

I believe you mean the World Trade Center attacks which took place on September 11th 2001.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as nine-eleven, written 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001.

You were saying...?

Darth InSidious · 03-18-2009, 11:24 AM

"Nine-eleven" is an equally meaningless load of fetid dingo's kidneys.

I refuse to stand for this most rancid neologism.

Sabretooth · 03-18-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth InSidious

"Nine-eleven" is an equally meaningless load of fetid dingo's kidneys.

I refuse to stand for this most rancid neologism.

And you dismiss the press' techniques of manipulating the masses into making brands of terrorist acts and using handy catchphrases to incite moral panic?

I don't know about, Darth InSidious, but I look at press and marketing techniques as a modern form of art worth analysing and savouring.

TSR · 03-18-2009, 07:19 PM

Rabble rabble rabble!
Angry mob, assemble!

**Samuel Dravis** · 03-19-2009, 11:57 AM

I, as an American imperialist, consider MM/DD/YYYY to be the optimal configuration for date-writing.

LordOfTheFish · 03-19-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Samuel Dravis

I, as an American imperialist, consider MM/DD/YYYY to be the optimal configuration for date-writing.

And there you have it.

I think it's configured MM/DD/YY because dates are read Month/Day/Year. Make sence to me.

SW01 · 03-19-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LordOfTheFish

I think it's configured MM/DD/YY because dates are read Month/Day/Year. Make since to me.

Over here it's read day/month/year though!

CommanderQ · 03-19-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SW01

Over here it's read day/month/year though!

SW01, we are the Yanks, the bloody colonials...we always try to be different

Sabretooth · 03-19-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LordOfTheFish

I think it's configured MM/DD/YY because dates are read Month/Day/Year. Make since to me.

Nonsince

LordOfTheFish · 03-19-2009, 10:27 PM

^lol. I get it, took me a minute but I get it. Wrong word.

CommanderQ · 03-20-2009, 12:26 AM

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^lol. I get it, took me a minute but I get it. Wrong word.

Hee hee, that's true, I just noticed that...high five, Yank! *High Fives*

M@RS · 03-21-2009, 11:29 PM

I'll go with the norm and say it should be written MM/DD/YY...

Darth InSidious · 03-21-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by M@RS

I'll go with the norm and say it should be written MM/DD/YY...

Wake up and smell the millipede stew, sheeple!

M@RS · 03-22-2009, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth InSidious

Wake up and smell the millipede stew, sheeple!

At least I'm not a Lemming...

Darth InSidious · 03-22-2009, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by M@RS

At least I'm not a Lemming...

No, but you are an eggman.

GeneralPloKoon · 03-22-2009, 12:53 AM

The other date systems confuse me...darn American education is rotting my brain! Month/Day/Year is the only thing I know!

TSR · 03-22-2009, 08:44 AM

Silly Americans. Put it this way.

"it's the 4th day of the 12 month in the year 2012"

or

"It's the 12th month and the 4th day in the year 2012"

DD/MM/YY FTW.

**Samuel Dravis** · 03-22-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TSR

Silly Americans. Put it this way.

"it's the 4th day of the 12 month in the year 2012"

or

"It's the 12th month and the 4th day in the year 2012"

Except... we don't use it that way! It would never be read out loud like that. We'd just say: twelve four twentytwelve" or "December fourth, Twentytwelve." The arrangement of the dates is culturally implied and no one has any trouble understanding it. ^_^

***stoffe*** · 03-22-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

It's DD/MM/YY, bitches.

What gives man, no polls allowed on this goddamn zombie of a forum.

I prefer YYYY-MM-DD, leaves less ambiguity.

Sabretooth · 03-22-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Samuel Dravis

Except... we don't use it that way! It would never be read out loud like that. We'd just say: twelve four twentytwelve" or "December fourth, Twentytwelve." The arrangement of the dates is culturally implied and no one has any trouble understanding it. ^_^

See, that's what's wrong with you Americans. You only see the superficial side of things, never questioning, never reasoning, never looking deeper. Have you ever questioned as to whatever Twelve Four TwentyTwelve is supposed to even mean?

**Samuel Dravis** · 03-22-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

See, that's what's wrong with you Americans. You only see the superficial side of things, never questioning, never reasoning, never looking deeper. Have you ever questioned as to whatever Twelve Four TwentyTwelve is supposed to even mean?

You know, sabre, that REM made a song quite a while ago which goes a little like this:

"It's the end of the world and I feel fine!"

Well, that's the American attitude towards that date. Why do we feel fine about it? We're not ignorant of it-- oh no. How could we be ignorant if we're planning World Domination the very same day?

In fact, sabre, you might say that the the prophecy was about us.

TSR · 03-22-2009, 12:38 PM

lol@manifestdestiny

PastramiX · 03-22-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TSR

lol@manifestdestiny

To Do:
~~Philippines~~
~~Guam~~
~~Puerto Rico~~
~~Panama~~
~~Alaska~~
~~Hawaii~~
United Kingdom

Sorry, but we need to protect our corporate interests in the UK.

GeneralPloKoon · 03-22-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabretooth

See, that's what's wrong with you Americans. You only see the superficial side of things, never questioning, never reasoning, never looking deeper. Have you ever questioned as to whatever Twelve Four TwentyTwelve is supposed to even mean?

Us Americans are fools!

I want to live in the UK to feel less foolish.

LordOfTheFish · 03-22-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth InSidious

No, but you are an eggman.

Yes, but you happen to be a saumensch.