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

[Frances_iom]

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

YYMMDD:hhmmss is actually an ISO standard and as you point out sorts using all wordprocessing software - even Mickeysoft can manage that

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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

That's the Janapese way - completely logical, being in the same order as Hour, minutes, seconds - i.e. it goes from long to short. Our date sequence - short to long is logical in isolation, but the American way - middle-short-long - have they really thought about it?

[vinteuil]

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

... o, all very well for machines and for various OCD colleagues - but it ain't 'natural language', innit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language

[Roehre]

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

as it is mine

[Honoured Guest]

That's the Janapese way - completely logical, being in the same order as Hour, minutes, seconds - i.e. it goes from long to short.

"Janapese": Mitsake? Or cveler joke? You decide.

YYMMDD:hhmmss is most sensible - zooming in on the time with increasing detail.

[french frank]

YYMMDD:hhmmss is most sensible - zooming in on the time with increasing detail.

Also good for computer indexing - everything automatically in 'time' order.

Point already made. Sorry - I'll leave ...

[Nick Armstrong]

So many snickerings...

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

http://www.smithsonian.com/science-n...ers-180953413/

oh yeah.... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-8997368.html

[Pabmusic]

Our brains evolved to infer meaning from patterns and they're very good at doing so. Often they're wrong (Elvis on a piece of toast, Mother Mary in a fried egg...etc.). If we had not adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752 you'd be discussing Christmas Eve.

[Frances_iom]

If we had not adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752 you'd be discussing Christmas Eve.

- No Xmas eve would be be our epiphany

[Pabmusic]

- No Xmas eve would be be our epiphany

Well... there you go. I thought there were eleven days' difference.

[Flosshilde]

( See above )

No.

[Tevot]

Hello there,

Year / Month/ Day is the way it's done in China too - today being 2014/12/14

Re the OP - I'm not sure whether I'd love to live in North America - but there are certainly many places particularly in the USA that I'd love to visit

(apologies to any Canadian readers out there )

Best Wishes,

Tevot

[Roehre]

No.

Seconded

[doversoul1]

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Seconded

"Thirded", actually (cf #5)