Brian Morrison wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:21 +0100 in
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "M.S. Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like
>> 15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three'
>
> That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal
> sh
Nigel Horne wrote:
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > Brian Morrison wrote:
> > > M.S. Lucas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like 15:30 is `half four'
> > > > and not 'half past three'
> > >
> > > That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal
> > > shortha
Jerry K wrote:
All Americans is a pretty broad finger to point. North America alone
consist of Canada, the US and Mexico. I think that you should limit
your frustration to the US alone.
Jerry K
He! He! Where I come from Americans = US (both Yankees and southerners).
Mexicans, Canadians, A
Bowie Bailey wrote:
Brian Morrison wrote:
M.S. Lucas wrote:
In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like
15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three'
That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal
shorthand for half *past* four whereas the Dutch (and German IIRC) is
mor
Brian Morrison wrote:
> M.S. Lucas wrote:
>
> > In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like
> > 15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three'
>
> That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal
> shorthand for half *past* four whereas the Dutch (and German IIRC) is
> more liter
All Americans is a pretty broad finger to point. North America alone consist of
Canada, the US and Mexico. I think that you should limit your frustration to
the US alone.
Jerry K
(I still don't understand why the Americans put the month in front of
the day -- it makes no logical sense oth
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:21 +0100 in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "M.S. Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like
> 15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three'
That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal
shorthand for half *past* four whereas t
On 1/19/2006 5:46 PM +0100, M.S. Lucas wrote:
It's written as it's spoken, I think. Today's date is 'January 19th,
2006,'
not '19 January, 2006' or '2006, January, 19.'
In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like
15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three'
Yeh and we say meters not 3 fee
- Original Message -
From: "Shayne Lebrun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> (I still don't understand why the Americans put the month in front of
> the day -- it makes no logical sense other than to be different
> from/than everyone else).
> Have a nice day .. uuuggghhh
It's written as it's spoke
> > (I still don't understand why the Americans put the month in front of
> > the day -- it makes no logical sense other than to be different
> > from/than everyone else).
> > Have a nice day .. uuuggghhh
It's written as it's spoken, I think. Today's date is 'January 19th, 2006,'
not '19 January
John W. Baxter wrote:
On 1/19/06 7:41 AM, "JT Justman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Probably we should all start using ISO-8601 -MM-DD format since
otherwise half the dates in the year are ambiguous. Call it a friendly
compromise.
Which is what we started using in-house several months ago.
On 1/19/06 7:41 AM, "JT Justman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Probably we should all start using ISO-8601 -MM-DD format since
> otherwise half the dates in the year are ambiguous. Call it a friendly
> compromise.
Which is what we started using in-house several months ago.
What's wrong with
> Probably we should all start using ISO-8601 -MM-DD format since
> otherwise half the dates in the year are ambiguous. Call it a friendly
> compromise.
Actually, DD-MM-YY is standard in the U.S. military, as is 24-hr time.
But I like JT's suggestion - It makes it OH SO EASY to sort-by-date.
Bill Maidment wrote:
> (I still don't understand why the Americans put the month in front of
> the day -- it makes no logical sense other than to be different
> from/than everyone else).
> Have a nice day .. uuuggghhh
I'm not entirely sure, either. Instinctually, DD-MM- seems just as
funky to
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