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Posted by Nell on Aug-09-2003 01:41:

Stupid American Dates

why do americans have there dates in the format month day year?!! why not have it normal like day month year?!!?

it makes no sense whatsoever to have it that way, only confusing things. either have it day month year or year month day but not a random order like that.

The reason this came about is im trying to ID a liveset from PVD adn the date on it is: 07/02/2003 at casino berlin. The question is, is that the seventh of february or the second of july. Obviously i'll be able to find out off some-one, but i thought id just say that the date system is stupid!

peace,

Nell

Posted by loudcloud on Aug-09-2003 01:52:

You think that is stupid?

A small group at work has started naming files as follows

yymmdd topic.doc

that way, the docs sort chronologically when sorted alphbetically, even if the files are accidentally modified later - thus blowing the last modified tag

Other files are named mmddyy

so what do I do with a file from 020103

Is that February 1, 2003? January 3, 2002? January 2, 2003?

It is so dumb

Posted by UWM on Aug-09-2003 01:55:

Imagine the horror, we still haven't adopted the metric system either!

Posted by ShadoWolf on Aug-09-2003 02:02:

Because when we say the date, we say "August 8" not "8 August"

As for metric, yeah it's about time the US adopted it.

Posted by discitelli on Aug-09-2003 02:02:

funny you mention this, ive always found it annoying that some nations do this, and its even more annoying when you download a 'recent' liveset only to find out that your about 7 months out of date.

Posted by montie on Aug-09-2003 02:17:

Re: Stupid American Dates

quote:
Originally posted by Nell
why do americans have there dates in the format month day year?!! why not have it normal like day month year?!!?

it makes no sense whatsoever to have it that way, only confusing things. either have it day month year or year month day but not a random order like that.

The reason this came about is im trying to ID a liveset from PVD adn the date on it is: 07/02/2003 at casino berlin. The question is, is that the seventh of february or the second of july. Obviously i'll be able to find out off some-one, but i thought id just say that the date system is stupid!

peace,

Nell

oh yeah well you drive on the wrong side of the road

yeah its stupid. same with the metric system. its so much better than the stupid system we are on now. but oh well.
another thing that bothers me is how the clock works. it should just be the same time all around the world. depending on where the sun is in relation to some set point.

Posted by bassaholix on Aug-09-2003 03:03:

Yes they are stupid... 12/12/2003... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Eeeediots!

Posted by placebo on Aug-09-2003 03:14:

Yeah

But in the US you can actually own a gun, and we have Victim's rights.

Posted by ShadoWolf on Aug-09-2003 03:38:

quote:
Originally posted by bassaholix
Yes they are stupid... 12/12/2003... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Eeeediots!

That simply shows that there are two different systems. It does not prove that one is inherently better than the other. Open your mind.

Posted by whiskers on Aug-09-2003 04:29:

quote:
Originally posted by discitelli
funny you mention this, ive always found it annoying that some nations do this, and its even more annoying when you download a 'recent' liveset only to find out that your about 7 months out of date.

lol! that's why i always have trouble with live sets... and ALWAYS put the date on them as dd.mm.yy... goes nicely with dates like 02/27/03 but if it's 02/04/02 then it's a problem....

and 24-hour military time rocks

Posted by Coup on Aug-09-2003 07:28:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Imagine the horror, we still haven't adopted the metric system either!

disaster time

Posted by bassaholix on Aug-09-2003 07:41:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
That simply shows that there are two different systems. It does not prove that one is inherently better than the other. Open your mind.

Ive come to one conclusion... americans are backwards... cause metric is the old ways... i though progress was the motto of america?

Posted by DaveSZ on Aug-09-2003 08:02:

quote:
Originally posted by bassaholix
i though progress was the motto of america?

No.

Posted by vmc on Aug-09-2003 12:21:

Re: Stupid American Dates

quote:
Originally posted by Nell

The reason this came about is im trying to ID a liveset from PVD adn the date on it is: 07/02/2003 at casino berlin. The question is, is that the seventh of february or the second of july.

Paul van Dyk - Live @ Casino, Berlin (02-July-2003)

Posted by euphoricgirl on Aug-09-2003 13:51:

Re: Stupid American Dates

quote:
Originally posted by Nell
why do americans have there dates in the format month day year?!! why not have it normal like day month year?!!?

it makes no sense whatsoever to have it that way, only confusing things. either have it day month year or year month day but not a random order like that.

The reason this came about is im trying to ID a liveset from PVD adn the date on it is: 07/02/2003 at casino berlin. The question is, is that the seventh of february or the second of july. Obviously i'll be able to find out off some-one, but i thought id just say that the date system is stupid!

peace,

Nell

hahahha....LoL.....I had that problem when I first to the US , i dont understand it...i gues they want to be different? I am used to it now

Posted by Clyde77 on Aug-09-2003 13:52:

heh doesnt bother me. what bothers me is that they still use Farenheight! hmmm wtf?