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RB
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:25 am Posts: 2560
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 Date format question
Damn, why am I writing "March 31. 2007", when Satis on his site writes it as "31. March 2007"? I thought both people of USA and UK use the format Month/Day/Year. Was I wrong?
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:10 pm |
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pevil
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:43 am Posts: 4332
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yeah you are. UK uses day/month/year
Well if we're using numbers we do, e.g. 12/04/07 today. If writing it in words it would still using be written as 12th April or 12 April, but it is acceptable as April 12 as well.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:31 pm |
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RB
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:25 am Posts: 2560
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That's just a holy pwnage. Sat uses DMY format, pev uses DMY format, only I try to "be nice" on the people who use MDY, although I use DMY as well.
Anyone knows who insists on using MDY actually? 
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:40 pm |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7737 Location: Centre of the sun
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Retards who also insist on imperial scales.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:22 pm |
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Arathorn
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Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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Day - Month - Year here. I read from left to right, and I already know what year I'm in, normally I also know the month, so having that order leads me to the required information the soonest.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:10 pm |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16702 Location: On a slope
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I use it because of the Army and because it makes the date more readable. Number Alpha Number is easier to read than having two numbers butting up against each other
31 March 2007. I find all pure number dates difficult to read. IE, 03/09/07. I deal enough with Canada and Europe that what exactly that means isn't really clear. March 9th or November 3rd?
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:32 pm |
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RB
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:25 am Posts: 2560
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I hope you meant "September".
Well thanks for the input. Even the fact you write "March 9th" and not "9th March" is telling that I'd better stick to the MDY on the English portal of my site.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:34 pm |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7737 Location: Centre of the sun
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Agreed. I never liked that overly-compact. I often rebel and write 03-09-07 to make it slightly clearer.
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:19 am |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16702 Location: On a slope
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lol, yes, september, not november. :p
btw, on that note, I think they need to rename the months.
December = Dec = latin for TEN... so December should be the tenth month, not the damn twelfth. What's up with that? Ditto with September, October, November, etc. I don't mind having months named after dead Roman emperors, but if you're going to include latin in the month name, please make it correct.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:11 am |
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Arathorn
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Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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According to Wikipedia, in the winter there weren't any months in Roman days, January and February were added later, and the rest of the months just shifted by two.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:53 pm |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7737 Location: Centre of the sun
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That's actually interesting to know.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:21 pm |
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Arathorn
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Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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Indeed. Apparently the Romans didn't do anything in those months, otherwise they would have bothered naming them. From that we can conclude that the Romans didn't go skying in winter (or only in March). Very interesting indeed.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:59 pm |
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derf
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7737 Location: Centre of the sun
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Sounds like a very plausible theory. 
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:30 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6422 Location: Estonia
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Skying for romans, was that somekind of "catapult sport" 
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:05 am |
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RB
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:25 am Posts: 2560
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That sounds to me more like baseball. "Catch it, boy!"
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