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Stupid American Dates
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| 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 |
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| loudcloud |
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 |
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| UWM |
| Imagine the horror, we still haven't adopted the metric system either! |
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| ShadoWolf |
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. |
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| 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do this, and its even more annoying when you download a 'recent' liveset only to find out that your about 7 months out of date. |
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| montie |
| 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 :D
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. |
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| bassaholix |
Yes they are stupid... 12/12/2003... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Eeeediots! |
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| placebo |
Yeah
But in the US you can actually own a gun, and we have Victim's rights. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| 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. |
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| whiskers |
| 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 |
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| Coup |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Imagine the horror, we still haven't adopted the metric system either! |
:haha: disaster time |
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| bassaholix |
| 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? |
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