American/European dates?

[Adagio]

Originally posted by LoneWolf
Except no one in Europe actually speaks this way. My German in-laws always say "April 3, 2003". In german as well as English. So isn't writing the other way pretentious?

Everybody I know says 3rd April 2003, instead of April 3rd 2003...

[RGBVideo]

Settler in the OT! O_o
Second in this week!


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It depends on the language, LW.

[Spiffor]

Same here, both in France and Germany.

And Sloww :
your military writes dates exactly the same way the French people do (we need a nyahnyahnyah smiley ). In France, you don't talk about the Second April 2003, but about the Two April 2003 (first is the only exception, yet it is not represented in written dates).

[Rogan Josh]

Isn't it a bit silly that we have all these Europeans arguing English grammar with the Americans?

We all know that the Americans can't speak English properly, so why argue about it?

[Harovan]

Originally posted by LoneWolf
Except no one in Europe actually speaks this way. My German in-laws always say "April 3, 2003". In german as well as English. So isn't writing the other way pretentious?

Nobody in Germany talks this way, and believe me, I know a lot of them. Your statement "Except no one in Europe speaks this way" is completely false. At the countrary, most of Europeans talk so.

[Buck Birdseed]

Right, who voted for yy-dd-mm?

[Combat Ingrid]

I did. I meant yyyy-mm-dd, but it's difficult to hit the right button before you get your morning coffee

[Skanky Burns]

Which is why you can never trust internet polls...

[Hydey]

dd/mm/yyyy

[alva]

Of course both the dutch and german speaking countries are somewhat of an exception when it comen to numbers anyway, I think we are the only ones who pronounce them in reverse.
87 --> seven-and-eighty instead of eighty-seven
Yeah , even I get sometimes confused by this now
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Don't you say the: the second die-hard movie instead of the movie die-hard the second?

[Skanky Burns]

Die-Hard two generally works.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


Actually, both in German and Russian "First World War and Second World War" are the right order of words. Besides, I don't see what this has to do with dates.

You're allowed to say "Second World War" in Germany?

[JCG]

dd-mm-yyyy is completely logical to me, and apparently to a lot of other people around the world.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Right, who voted for yy-dd-mm?

I did, as it's easier for the computer to sort. For humans I prefer the date system used by the U.S. military, eg 6 JUN 1944. It's logical, concise and precise.

[Cruddy]

Nah. Everybody should switch to sidereal banana time. Think of the sales of new electronic appliances! Goodbye world recession. You know it makes sense.