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Absolutely! And, if code isn't proper English, then what is? Of course, if you speak Cobol, you won't inspire much confidence about your reliability, calendar-wise...Actually, there is an International Standard for date format, ISO 8601, that is meant to define a date standard format to reduce the chance of error and the complexity of software [YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]. Proper English should be honoured
I think it should be obvious why we run M/D/Y...tell me, how often do you need to remember what YEAR it is? Is that something you need to keep track of on a daily or weekly basis? We don't care about Y, the only part of the date that matters is M/D...does the order of that matter in the slightest?small to large or large to small - either way they are in order
placing the small in the middle...........
I think it should be obvious why we run M/D/Y...tell me, how often do you need to remember what YEAR it is? Is that something you need to keep track of on a daily or weekly basis? We don't care about Y, the only part of the date that matters is M/D...does the order of that matter in the slightest?
When someone asks you what the date is, do you respond by saying its March 13th 2017 or do you say its the 13th of march 2017. Many if not all american's respond in the 1st way. But the real reason its done the American way is because without America everyone would be saying
März 13 2017 and typing in German
No, we can'tevery European can recognize and interpret the US format
The only clean solution is to change the months from a numerical representation to a text representation as DD/MMMM/YY ie 07/Febr/17 you must have 4 letters for the months text because in France June and July start with the same first 3 letters. So:
DD/MMMM/YY 07/Febr/17 is the only clean way of globally showing a date which can never be confused.
May will also never be confused for another month, unless some language uses the same letter for rc and y.May only has 3 letters
We do things our way, not yours, deal with it. Have fun transforming into the borg where everyone conforms.Getting people to accept the clearly most nonsensical format as the international standard is neither realistic nor "clean". The only clean solution is for everyone to acquire a modicum of rationality, and accept the ISO standards.
That's right, I'm looking at you, USAmericans.
Of course, while clean, the realism of having USAmericans accept a rational standard is doubtful. Fortunately, that very resistance to rationality will soon enough turn them into a distant memory. All we have to do is wait.
That's me stating that you will do things your way.the realism of having USAmericans accept a rational standard is doubtful.
That's me telling you, not only that I'm dealing with it, but exactly how I'm dealing with it.All we have to do is wait.
Absolutely. The last issue a rabid, sorry, American individualist would want to conform on, is standards. Beware, though, that most non-Americans will immediately spot the fact that you're conforming to American national standards, which is, obviously, conforming. In other words, your argument should be reserved for domestic use. Either that, or you could take it all out, and invent your own, individual standards. After all, there are 64 ways to jumble the numbers in a date, and the characters for numbers don't have to mean the same thing to everyone. Why shouldn't '5' mean nine to you? Also, why accept the Imperial British standard for a foot? Didn't you guys have a revolution? Invent your own, individual standards for a foot! This is your chance to be ten foot tall. Well, at least in your own mind. Not to mention, the same words meaning the same thing to different people, whoever came up with that oppressive idea can't have been an American, that's for sure. A personal, individual language for every American, that is the thing for you guys. Being able to communicate with others is unbefitting an American individualist.Have fun transforming into the borg where everyone conforms.