17-05-2003 03:59									#31
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Anyway, Elisabeth the second was the second elisabeth. Surely you're not claiming April second is the second month of april?

	17-05-2003 05:26									#32
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quote: 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.

Same here in Denmark...

	17-05-2003 06:26									#33
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In Spanish it is First WW, Second WW, not WW2 or WW1

I liked the system I saw on Russian graves from the Second WW, where the month was a roman decimal. I think day went first too, so instead of 4.5.45 it would say 4.V.45

	17-05-2003 06:37									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Ahh, but you see neither German or Russian nor even French are the de facto world language so guess who's going to win in this dispute?

Don't the Brits use the dd-mm-yy system too ?

	17-05-2003 07:07									#35
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Yes we do.

	17-05-2003 07:12									#36
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Ahah ! Then the true de-facto world language uses the dd-mm-yy system too ! Your rough Yank ways, in the colonies, are doomed

	17-05-2003 07:25									#37
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Here here

	17-05-2003 07:45									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor Ahah ! Then the true de-facto world language uses the dd-mm-yy system too ! Your rough Yank ways, in the colonies, are doomed

But we rule the world now .

	17-05-2003 07:47									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui But we rule the world now .

Tsk. We know everything is masterminded in London, and you settlers are only doing the dirty job like you are designed to for centuries

	17-05-2003 07:53									#40
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That's what we want the French to think. It's a big Anglo-alliance, also including Australia and Canada designed to strike at the French at the best possible moment.

	17-05-2003 08:54									#41
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Australia uses the European (sensible) order for dates.
dd-mm-yyyy

Although I do prefer yyyy-mm-dd as every other measurement has the largest unit first and so on, so why not the date too?

quote: Except no one says, "12 January, 2003." We say "January 12, 2003."

Many people I know use either.

	17-05-2003 09:20									#42
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Have you guys learned nothing from Star Trek? We should use Stardates

	17-05-2003 10:09									#43
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dd-mm-yy 16 48.48%

You'll be happy to know that the U.S. military would say today is 17 May 03.

Acclimation to military life will be easy for you.

	17-05-2003 10:10									#44
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eurocom standard is actually superior in this case

	17-05-2003 10:36									#45
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Well, day-month-year sounds logical, and certain types of Americans definitely like the Euro-cache.

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?

	17-05-2003 14:26									#46
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quote: 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...

	17-05-2003 14:38									#47
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Settler in the OT! O_o
Second in this week!


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It depends on the language, LW.

	17-05-2003 14:40									#48
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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).

	17-05-2003 14:48									#49
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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?

	17-05-2003 16:04									#50
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quote: 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.

	17-05-2003 16:29									#51
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Right, who voted for yy-dd-mm?

	17-05-2003 16:42									#52
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I did. I meant yyyy-mm-dd, but it's difficult to hit the right button before you get your morning coffee

	17-05-2003 17:23									#53
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Which is why you can never trust internet polls...

	17-05-2003 17:45									#54
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dd/mm/yyyy

	19-05-2003 04:35									#55
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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?

	19-05-2003 05:45									#56
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Die-Hard two generally works.

	19-05-2003 06:19									#57
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quote: 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?

	19-05-2003 06:47									#58
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dd-mm-yyyy is completely logical to me, and apparently to a lot of other people around the world.

	19-05-2003 06:55									#59
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quote: 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.

	19-05-2003 06:57									#60
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Nah. Everybody should switch to sidereal banana time. Think of the sales of new electronic appliances! Goodbye world recession. You know it makes sense.