Which makes more sense.... 9/26/06.........or...26/09/06
I am trying to think if we here in america do things backwards but then again i dont know if its everyone else
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Which makes more sense.... 9/26/06.........or...26/09/06
I am trying to think if we here in america do things backwards but then again i dont know if its everyone else
26/09/06 for teh win! :yumdumdoodledum:Quote:
Originally Posted by dropout14
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Originally Posted by ;316875
I agree, and i dont use it. My country is so damn assbackwards. THE METRIC SYSTEM RULES!
26/09/06 = Woohoo!! :banana:
Talking about backwards, I think the Japanese format is 06/09/26.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNocturnalGent
DD/MM/YY. In order of granuality. Anything else is just stupid (says the guy who still lives in England where everyone drives on the left).
dd/mm/yyyy makes the most sense
it's in increasing amounts, with days being shortest at the front, and years at the end
however for sorting a list of dates
the international date format (yyyy/mm/dd) makes more sense
as this can be sorted correctly on spreadsheets, etc.
90% of people are right handedQuote:
Originally Posted by Kaniaz
historically, you passed other horse riders on the left so your sword arm was the closest arm to them
driving on the left makes more sense even today, tho
pedestrians crossing a road look right (looking at lane nearest them), then left (lane furthest from them) before crossing
09/26/06! Yeah! Go America!
Shouldn't that be "Go Yeah! America!"?Quote:
Originally Posted by QwinsepiaSquared
Lmao, he's right. There's no logic in the way the yanks do it. I wonder why they bothered reversing it in the first place when they first colonized America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ynot
09/26/06 :goodjob2: w00t!
Well 9/26/06 makes sense in one way because when I say that the date I say " September 26, 2006" from left to right. But that's not really a good argument because just as many probably say "The 26th of September 2006"
Actually September 26, 2006 sounds better. I vote 9/26/06.
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Originally Posted by badassbob
Inever realised until now how much i hate it when people call me a yank. Might be because im a mets fan (AMERICAN BASEBALL)
yeah, dd/mm/yy makes the most sense...we americans are just retarded
like the whole inches/yards tablespoons/cups crap
Hey, sorry. No offence meant, I just always see yank as the equivelant for brit.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNocturnalGent
Granuality? Heh, so do you arrange your undies (or "knickers") in the drawer above your shirts and pants or below, just above the sock drawer? :PQuote:
DD/MM/YY. In order of granuality. Anything else is just stupid[/b]
I don't know if we're retarded, I think we just like to celebrate the deep rooted idea of individualism and freedom that our country is founded on. If the rest of the world were to conform to our "style", I suppose we'd probably just find some other unique way of expressing our dates.Quote:
yeah, dd/mm/yy makes the most sense...we americans are just retarded[/b]
hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Tornado
yeah...though it kinda makes me think of a rebellious kid in a way hehQuote:
I think we just like to celebrate the deep rooted idea of individualism and freedom that our country is founded on.[/b]
As far as I know, the DD/MM/YYYY is more a military thing than anything else.
When asked, in the military, what day it is, you would answer "27, September, 2006."
It makes sense either way you say it:
"The 27th day of September, 2006"
27/09/2006
"September the 27th, 2006"
09/27/2006
I don't really think it matters. :P
When I write dates longhand I sometimes use 27, September, 2006. But when using numbers only I write 9/27/06. I don't think it really matters, however I do think there should be some kind of rule as to the way they are written to differentiate. Let's say it's April 5, 2006. That could either be 04/05/06 or 05/04/06. The problem being the latter could also be interpreted as May 4th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oneironaut
While we are on the topic I think America should probably go for the metric system. I, being a sciency-geeky type person prefer the metric system. It makes much more sense to me to have 1000 meters in a kilometer and 1000 milliliters in a liter than it does to have 5280 feet in a mile and 16 cups in a gallon. Of course since the infrastructure is already in place it is pretty complicated to change it. What with road signs and speed limit signs and all kinds of signs and maps and recipes and etc.
27/9/06
'cos that's what I'm used to round here and I can't think of any reason why it'd be sensible any other way round.
That said, us Britons refer to the WTC attacks as "9/11", not "11/9". I shall make a conscious effort to refer to it latter way round now to preserve Her Majesty's standards.
Do you remember 11/9? God that was awful...
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Originally Posted by ;316875
Second that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ;316875
Yeah. Why can't you just use the metric system like every sane person? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ;316875