Writing dates

[Tropico]

Ok its very confusing the way different ppl write the dates.

12/11/2004
11/12/2204

I mean december or november the 11th or the 12th.
Ok there must be some logic in this.
THe way i see it you should start with the shortest and then do up
day/month/year or the other way round year/month/day.

Its like telling the time its like someone changed the seconds with the minutes.

I sure hope it gets standarized soon.

 

[h00dlum]

yeah that bugs me too...

 

[Ames]

Crazy Europeans...

Month/Day/Year!

11/13/2004...

 

[The Dark Elf]

US does it one way, the UK does it another. Just gotta get used to it

 

[Pressure]

Makes me wanna punch faces in.

 

[joule]

Here in the United States we write the date as, lets say, 11/16/04 (aka Half-Life 2's release date). It reads as November 16, 2004. I have grown up writing dates like that. It's easy for me. But a lot of foreign sites I go to, tend to switch the day position with the month position. Such as, halflife2.net. :O

Just read my sig.

 

[Tropico]

I understand you were tought to write it month/day/year but in my logic it should start with the shortest measure and go up day/month/year.

(Man am i bored waiting for HL2 or what...i´m like a menopausic woman complaining...)

 

[Dedalus]

yeah...day, month, year.

sort of.....logical...i guess.

hooray for diversity!

 

[The DemonWithin]

i do day month year as well, ive seen it both ways here in canada tho, so its confusing haha.

 

[Matthias]

Day/Month/Year

It makes sense - they're in order just like

Just like Hour/Minute/Seconds

but in reverse. You can't expect Americans to conform to logical, internation standards (meters? what are they?)

 

[Ames]

Logical?!?!?!

There is no logic in America!

November 13th 2004...not

13th of November 2004!

:O

P.S. I conform to your stupid meters.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Day first over here always.

 

[Tropico]

Ok i going to write a letter to Mr Bush for him to change this in the US then the rest will follow.

Actually we cant complain for other cultures they are way way past the year 2004 or way way behind it.

 

[Harryz]

Day/Month/Year

Thats how it should be! Damn Americans.

 

[Tropico]

There is a logic to must of the differences.
For isntance people complain that in England they drive on th WRONG side of the road.
But actually they follow a simple rule. They copy the railroad position on the track.If you think about it you will see what i mean.
They invented the steam train thingy so they followed that order.
So actually the rest of the world is driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

[The DemonWithin]

No! i do not believe i could shift with my left hand, that sir, would be a no no.

 

[Javert]

Day/Month/Year

Thats how it should be! Damn Americans.

Nevar! Month/Day/Year is the most logical you Redcoats!

But it's like reading the time. 3:06 am. Hour:Minute. Hour is bigger and comes first. So is month. Hence 7/4 is July 4th, like the day America created the superior system! ^_^

 

[Tropico]

No! i do not believe i could shift with my left hand, that sir, would be a no no.

Shift?
Do you mean use the gears?

 

[Revisedsoul]

Nevar! Month/Day/Year is the most logical you Redcoats!

But it's like reading the time. 3:06 am. Hour:Minute. Hour is bigger and comes first. So is month. Hence 7/4 is July 4th, like the day America created the superior system! ^_^

then why is year at the end?

 

[Atomi]

Writing dates the American way is plain crazy.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

In America, for the most part, we do Month/Day/Year because it makes more sense for archival purposes/pulling up documents. Days generally take on less importance in those fields, and it helps organizing going from broad to narrow, rather than narrow to broad.

 

[Fat Tony!]

Crazy Americans always like to do things differently . and they have crazy words for english words as well :s why change the english language?

 

[Tropico]

In America, for the most part, we do Month/Day/Year because it makes more sense for archival purposes/pulling up documents. Days generally take on less importance in those fields, and it helps organizing going from broad to narrow, rather than narrow to broad.

In archives the year comes first then month and then maybe day.

 

[The DemonWithin]

Shift?
Do you mean use the gears?

yes thats what i mean, shifting gears, in a standard transmission, as thats what my transmission is. standard as in manual. yes.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

The US does it the wrong way...really you do.

Lets just think about. Its the thirteenth of november today. Of the year two thousand and four. So lets write that down. 13/11/04

:O

 

[Ames]

The US does it the wrong way...really you do.

Lets just think about. Its the thirteenth of november today. Of the year two thousand and four. So lets write that down. 13/11/04

:O

Let us think of it the American way. It's November Thirteenth. today.. Of the year two thousand and four. So lets write that down. 11/13/04.

:O

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

yes thats what i mean, shifting gears, in a standard transmission, as thats what my transmission is. standard as in manual. yes.

Heheh, I hope you realise that all us Brits driver perfectly well useing the left hand to change gear!


And actually... I think its better that way since you keep the hand with most control on the steering wheel at all times (Unless you're left handed of course.... )


:cheers:

 

[Ikerous]

America > World

 

[The DemonWithin]

Yes, but since i learned wit my left, it would be hard heheh. as in if i ever went over there to visit. although i would probly have an automatic.
as for the dates;
11/13/04 The month of November's thirteenth day in the year 2004
13/11/04 The thirteenth day of the month November in the year 2004.

i prefer the latter.

 

[Ikerous]

I shift with my foot

 

[qckbeam]

Crazy Americans always like to do things differently . and they have crazy words for english words as well :s why change the english language?

It's not like there was some big convention in which Americans decided it was time to make some changes to the English language. Spellings, pronunciations, and meanings change slowly over time for a variety of reasons. For example, in the US when someone says something along the lines of "I have to go to the store" the "have to" part comes out sounding like hafta. So in the future I wouldn't be surprised if "hafta" was an actual word (it happens in every language, you guys have made changes as well). America split from England and therefore the language morphed with American development slowly, just as it has slowly morphed with English development.

 

[Top Secret]

I know that you Euro's think that it is most logical to write it Day/Month/Year, but written out in the correct form, it's Month Day of Year. ie July 17th, 1987. So naturally the short hand version would be Month/Day/Year. (For us.)

 

[Dux]

Learn to drive on the correct side of the road while you're at it lads.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

I know that you Euro's think that it is most logical to write it Day/Month/Year, but written out in the correct form, it's Month Day of Year. ie July 17th, 1987. So naturally the short hand version would be Month/Day/Year. (For us.)

The sohrthand version would probably a few funny lines and such. While writting July 17'th is correct, it doesn't meant that when its purely numbers you do it that way.. I guess really its just one of lifes little oddities.

Let us think of it the American way. It's November Thirteenth. today.. Of the year two thousand and four. So lets write that down. 11/13/04.

:O

Quiet you!

It's not like there was some big convention in which Americans decided it was time to make some changes to the English language.

Oh yeah sure. You and me both know that isn't true. Every year the Federal government funds the vote on which words should be changed next.



Oh and yeah, you guys should drive on the correct side of the road

 

[Brian Damage]

In Oz it's currently 14/11/04...

 

[Mr-Fusion]

dd/mm/yy
dmy

D is before M in the alphabet...M is before Y. And thus we have coherence.

MYD makes absolutely no ****ing sense at all and was devised by lunatics who enjoy carving pictures of elephants into wooden tables with forks.
Thankyou and come again.

 

[Fat Tony!]

It's not like there was some big convention in which Americans decided it was time to make some changes to the English language. Spellings, pronunciations, and meanings change slowly over time for a variety of reasons. For example, in the US when someone says something along the lines of "I have to go to the store" the "have to" part comes out sounding like hafta. So in the future I wouldn't be surprised if "hafta" was an actual word (it happens in every language, you guys have made changes as well). America split from England and therefore the language morphed with American development slowly, just as it has slowly morphed with English development.

Hmm thats quite interesting... so languages can develop due to lazyness?