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Subject: dd/mm/yy > mm/dd/yy

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Posted by: Egerspurge
When I ask somebody what date today is they'll say "december 12th" not the "the 12 of december."

Therefor Month/Day/Year is infinitely better.

don't lie, they just say the 12th

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Posted by: TheGreenAlloy

Posted by: Egerspurge
When I ask somebody what date today is they'll say "december 12th" not the "the 12 of december."

Therefor Month/Day/Year is infinitely better.

don't lie, they just say the 12th unless they are super selfish bastards. I swear if they told me that personally, I would eat them alive.

  • 12.13.2012 6:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: Player3Th0mas1
Americans...
dafuq is a pyramid doing to explaim an abstract measurement of ime
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to show how the smallest unit of measurement (day of the montth) is out of place when you consider how other things are generally organised (from small, to medium, to large, and in that order).
With numbers, though, the most significant digit always goes to the left. Dates are the only exception I can think of. The most logical is yyyymmdd.

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OT: guess it's just easier for the mericans

  • 12.13.2012 6:28 AM PDT

Posted by: TheGreenAlloy

Posted by: Egerspurge
When I ask somebody what date today is they'll say "december 12th" not the "the 12 of december."

Therefor Month/Day/Year is infinitely better.

don't lie, they just say the 12th

If they're talking about in the current month. If they're talking about next month, they'd more than likely say "December 12th" (And no, not "December the 12th" because the "the" is very formal)




Also, an explanation for why it is mm/dd/yyyy.

Order these random numbers -
12
30
9999


Now, you would probably naturally order those as "12, 30, 9999" (or 9999, 30, 12) would you not?

In what world would their natural order be "30, 12, 9999"? Nowhere - except for when using dates outside of the US.

It's about their ceiling, and visual ordering. You an make a argument for the meaning being more important, sure. But visually speaking, more often than not - dd/mm/yyyy has the numbers unordered from small to large (30 days in January they're unordered. 26/27 days in February, 28 days in March, etc.)


So, don't tell me there's no reason for the US way (in terms of date - standard measurements are a different matter entirely).

[Edited on 12.13.2012 6:40 AM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 6:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: ArcGuard
Posted by: TheGreenAlloy

Posted by: Egerspurge
When I ask somebody what date today is they'll say "december 12th" not the "the 12 of december."

Therefor Month/Day/Year is infinitely better.

don't lie, they just say the 12th

If they're talking about in the current month. If they're talking about next month, they'd more than likely say "December 12th" (And no, not "December the 12th" because the "the" is very formal)




Also, an explanation for why it is mm/dd/yyyy.

Order these random numbers -
12
30
9999


Now, you would probably naturally order those as "12, 30, 9999" (or 9999, 30, 12) would you not?

In what world would their natural order be "30, 12, 9999"? Nowhere - except for when using dates outside of the US.

It's about their ceiling, and visual ordering. You an make a argument for the meaning being more important, sure. But visually speaking, more often than not - dd/mm/yyyy has the numbers unordered from small to large (30 days in January they're unordered. 26/17 days in February, 38 days in March, etc.)


So, don't tell me there's no reason for the US way (in terms of date - standard measurements are a different matter entirely).

just comes down to how we speak man, us europeans say 17th of may, you guys say july 4th

  • 12.13.2012 6:44 AM PDT

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