Why does America display the date MM/DD/YYYY.

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Because the British drive on the wrong side of the road, and we do not want to be like them.

Hey, roundabouts > cross roads

cloverleaf > roundabouts

and cloverleaf is about the worst highway interchange ever used in the US.

 

[IAteYourMother]

traffic in the US>traffic anywhere else in the world.

 

[Conky]

Do non-Americans say time backwards too?

Example..
Question:Hey mate, what time is it?
Reply: It's PM, 30, 3. Time to start drinking!

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Because the British drive on the wrong side of the road, and we do not want to be like them.

Hey, roundabouts > cross roads

cloverleaf > roundabouts

and cloverleaf is about the worst highway interchange ever used in the US.

I like roundabouts, very efficient.

On the topic:

I think that if our founding gfathers had been real patriots they would have reset the calendar like any other great empire would have done so January 9, 2007 would be Franklin 5th, 230. Would have avoided the whole Y2K mess, or at least delayed a few years.

 

[PHiuR]

Year/Month/Day or Day/Month/Year would make the most sense...but we grew up on Month/Day/Year.

too bad.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Because the British drive on the wrong side of the road, and we do not want to be like them.

Hey, roundabouts > cross roads

cloverleaf > roundabouts

and cloverleaf is about the worst highway interchange ever used in the US.

cloverleafs work well on low-traffic roads. they're mostly being replaced with parclo A4s in ontario.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
It is more logical, January 9th, 2007 = 01/09/07. Makes more sense than 9th of January, 2007.

no. you're wrong.

 

[spidey07]

Speaking of roudabouts....

Best way to fix a 4-way stop. That way the actual drivers can make their way. The timid ones will sit there all day.

 

[cubby1223]

Why does my vehicle get 4.7 furlongs to the gill? Because dang it, that's the way I like it!

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Why does my vehicle get 4.7 furlongs to the gill? Because dang it, that's the way I like it!

Keep up the good fight you awesome american!
:thumbsup:

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
when it is in numercial order it goes dd/mm/yyyy but when it is spelled out it is month day year, because of the way you would say it

But don't you guys still display the date as MM/DD/YYYY?

See if I or anyone else in the UK (Not sure about the rest of Europe) were to spell out the date, it would be ?Day ? Month ? Year".

To me it makes more sense numerically.

In Canada the official way is D/M/Y but because of our closeness to the states everyone always seems to be mixed up and does it whatever way they want.

Infact, my school goes yyyy/dd/mm

 

[PrinceofWands]

Yeah, I use international dating, just like I use 24 hour clock and usually try to use metric. Reason, not tradition, is the way to go. I've actually had to challenge grades in college because I was marked down for using that dating system instead of standard American formats. I've won every challenge so far, but it's a pain to have to keep doing it.

 

[BrokenVisage]

This is the USofA dammit.. we like our temperatures in Fahrenheit, our distances in miles and feet, our liquids in pints and gallons, and out DATES in the MM/DD/YYYY format.. you're either with us or you're with the terrorists!

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
This is the USofA dammit.. we like our temperatures in Fahrenheit, our distances in miles and feet, our liquids in pints and gallons, and out DATES in the MM/DD/YYYY format.. you're either with us or you're with the terrorists!

You forgot to add we hate ourselves, lol.

 

[SkyBum]

Originally posted by: fanerman91
When I have to date things on the computer, I go: YYYY-MM-DD

When I have to date things on the computer I go: "Oh Lord, please let this one actually look like her picture.....and while you're at it, could you make sure she doesnt pick her nose at the dinner table like the last one?"

 

[FoBoT]

i prefer how i learned in the Navy

07Jan2007

 

[Dumac]

In America! *American bandana and gruff voice*

Many places, excluding america, show their date as DD/MM/YY. We just have to be different.

In Spanish, and other languages, you are taught to say the day of the month, such as cinco de mayo.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

I do it the way that's supposed to be some international standard
2007-01-07

 

[dug777]

We do it the 'correct' way here, DD/MM/YYYY

Australia FTW

 

[Mermaidman]

Logically, the best way is

YYYY MM DD

It's so much easier to sort in that format.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Logically, the best way is

YYYY MM DD

It's so much easier to sort in that format.

I don't see how that is any more logical than DD/MM/YYYY...

The bit that matters most, and which we refer to most, because it changes the most, is the day What certainlymakes no sense is having the measures of times all mixed up, like you Yanks do, rather than in a logical increasing or decreasing magnitude order

I'd be happy with YYYY/MM/DD, but i think our system works best

 

[Maximilian]

I totally agree, the american way is wrong. Short(day)Medium(month)Long(year) Makes sense. Just because some people say july the 4th instead of the 4th of july dosent mean they should screw with the way dates are written.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Logically, the best way is

YYYY MM DD

It's so much easier to sort in that format.

I don't see how that is any more logical than DD/MM/YYYY...

DDMMYYYY does not sort in chronological order. For example, if you name a bunch of files using DDMMYYYY format, then do a Sort-by-name in Explorer, it will not be in chronological order.

 

[Oxaqata]

Actually the majority of Humans use the dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd and Canada apparently only uses mm/dd/yyyy it because the US does.

Edit: Excuse the Typ0

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Actually the majority of Humans use the dd/dd/yyyy and Canada apparently only uses it because the US does.