Don't You Wish You Lived Here In North America? 12-13-14 12-13-14 12-13-14

[charles t]

( See above )

[amateur51]

No wiser, and certainly no better informed

[vinteuil]

it has long been establisht that it shd be day/month/year.

We are currently 13 December MMXIV

There is even, I believe, a widely ratified Vienna [ ? ] Convention that the month shd be notated in roman numerals.

It is certainly wot I do.

So today is ectually 13 xii 2014.

The fact that our Amerikee second-cousins get this as so much else "wrong" is neither here nor there.

It isn't " 9/11" - that wd be the ninth of November.

They mean "11/9" ....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It's the date, I suspect - using the transatlantic method, today is December (12) 13th, (20)14.

(But then last year, I wouldn't have remembered to renew my inhaler on 11/12/13.)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh, and in reply to the question in the OP;

No. But thanks for asking.

[Nick Armstrong]

The fact that our Amerikee second-cousins get this as so much else "wrong" is neither here nor there.

PS what you on about, charles t?

[Padraig]

Interesting one indeed charles t. And one thing I like about it is how immediate it is, how American!

12-13-14 or 13 xii 2014?

[french frank]

According to some calendars I believe today is Idibus Decembris MMXIV

[vinteuil]

[ ... well, of course, sometimes I think we are 23 frimaire de l'an 223 .... ]

[charles t]

So many snickerings...

Don't despair cousins...you get your sequential chance February 1, 2103.

http://www.smithsonian.com/science-nature/last-sequential-date-century-121314-fun-math-lovers-180953413/

[Nick Armstrong]

[ ... well, of course, sometimes I think we are 21 frimaire de l'an 222 .... ]

[pastoralguy]

Interesting graphic, Cali...

[mangerton]

Interesting graphic, Cali...

I think it's an excellent graphic, and - OT - I'd apply it to the people at my place of work who have recently installed computer systems which show the date in that half baked illogical fashion.

And no, it can't be changed.

[Gordon]

OK, the sequence of day-month-year is a seqence of the natural numbers: X, X+1, X+2. IE today is December [12] 13th 2014 US format.

When will it happen again [or when did it happen in the past] that a natural number sequence gives the date? EG 5 6 7 means 5th June 1907 [our way] OR May 6th 1907 his way. It seems that 1st February 2103 will be 1 2 3 our way!!

In US format the max number to start the sequence is 12 but in pur way it's 31. Now what about some palindromes? An abvious one is 11th November 1911. Writing the day and month as 01 02 03 etc limits possibilities.

I wouldn't mind being a Californian if this weather is going to stay!! But then where would I get some decent beer?? OTOH there is some good wine out there....

[Bryn]

My preference is for YYMMDDhhmmss, or even YYYYMMDDhhmmss. So much more convenient for filing, etc.