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Subject: Which date layout technique do you think is more correct?

The way that it is Done in the UK/Australia/NZ;

Days/Months/Years. This is arranged in sequential order. From smallest to largest.

Or, how the U.S does it.

Months/Days/Years. This is arranged in a, non linear fashion? Because doing things out of order is hip and cool?

Anyway. What do you guys think is more correct, or what do you like more? And why.

I also think it would be quite fascinating knowing how the U.S did change it's system across the board. Considering they used to be a UK colony once.

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  • 12.21.2012 4:46 PM PDT

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stranger

They're both equally correct, one is just different to you.

  • 12.21.2012 4:47 PM PDT

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My troll sense is tingling.

I prefer days/months/years. It makes sense.

  • 12.21.2012 4:47 PM PDT

Day, month, year.
I do it in the order they change the most.

  • 12.21.2012 4:47 PM PDT
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Nice bias OP.

I'm not even american and I think the DDMMYY system is stupid.

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  • 12.21.2012 4:48 PM PDT

MM/DD/YYYY makes sense to me because I say:

October 3, 2011

or

December 21, 2012.

I don't say:

The 14th of April, 1976

  • 12.21.2012 4:48 PM PDT

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Day, month year makes sense to me.

  • 12.21.2012 4:49 PM PDT

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both are right. its not like i stutter when i read them cause i was taught both.

also this:

Posted by: Postwarbean85
MM/DD/YYYY makes sense to me because I say:

October 3, 2011

or

December 21, 2012.

I don't say:

The 14th of April, 1976


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  • 12.21.2012 4:50 PM PDT
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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

I prefer MM/DD/YYYY. I'm American, and I say, for example, "December 21st." rather than, "21st of December."

It makes more sense to me, and probably most Americans.

  • 12.21.2012 4:50 PM PDT

GOAT

I like day month year.

  • 12.21.2012 4:50 PM PDT

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Stop beating me!


Yes, our (USA) system doesn't make much sense. But why should we change it if it's what we're already accustomed to? It would just cause unneeded hassle.

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"I was born on February 10th"
"I was born on the 10th of February"

Which is more practical to say in conversation?

  • 12.21.2012 4:51 PM PDT

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Truer words were never spoken

I usually go for dinner first, and then a mo-

Oh, you mean that kind of date

  • 12.21.2012 4:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
I prefer MM/DD/YYYY. I'm American, and I say, for example, "December 21st." rather than, "21st of December."

It makes more sense to me, and probably most Americans.

You can still say that if you write it DD/MM/YYYY...

It makes more sense to display the date first, considering that's the part most people forget or need to know first.

  • 12.21.2012 4:52 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

I use the Months/Days/Years, but the other way does make more sense. Because it's the 21st of December and the year is 2012.

  • 12.21.2012 4:52 PM PDT

UK way is done in one of ascension; from days (smallest) to months (larger) to years (largest.)

It makes way more sense than the US version. But whichever way you're brought up with will be the one that seems right to you.

  • 12.21.2012 4:53 PM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

I use Year/Day/Month.

  • 12.21.2012 4:54 PM PDT

Corn, Oil, and Wine... We need more wine...

The one that makes most sense is day/month/year.

I use m/d/y out of familiarity though.

  • 12.21.2012 4:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: bocajbee
Months/Days/Years. This is arranged in a, non linear fashion? Because doing things out of order is hip and cool?

I see that you're unbiased.

  • 12.21.2012 4:55 PM PDT
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ISO. Posted by a ninja recently.
Used a lot with software revisions.

  • 12.21.2012 4:55 PM PDT

Way to be super biased in the OP, and it's just the way we've been taught.

  • 12.21.2012 4:55 PM PDT

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Because Sam would keep turning invisible.

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12 months/365 days/Infinite years

  • 12.21.2012 4:57 PM PDT
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its all down to personal preference, and what you are taught in the first place.

Only really becomes an issue when emailing people from other areas and both parties are using the shorthand of the date (dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy), can be abit confusing if reading an email quickly and talking about a meeting or something.

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YY/MM/DD

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