How do you write dates?

[MacLeod]

Like anything chnage from 12hr to 24hr format for time or Imperial to Metric takes time even decades.

 

[Robert D. Robot]

^ 7:10AM works just as well, the zero in front is redundant it serves no useful purpose.

Oh- I agree. Just a little joke alluding to the convention for Kelvin's registry number that some folks did not care for.

 

[MacLeod]

^ 7:10AM works just as well, the zero in front is redundant it serves no useful purpose.

Oh- I agree. Just a little joke alluding to the convention for Kelvin's registry number that some folks did not care for.

Ah, I remember now. Didn't care for it myself. Didn't seem logical to have it there.

 

[Starbreaker]

I would write today as 1/23/12 normally, but at work I have to do the 23 January 2012 thing.

 

[Holdfast]

DD/MM/YY when dealing with other people in this country.

If there's a possibility of Americans reading, I switch to Ordinal Mon(th) YYYY.

 

[Naira]

DD/MM/YYYY

Often, when taking notes or commenting code I use the form "24 Jan 2012" so that there will be no confusion no matter who reads it.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I've found the whole idea that something with 24 units is measured with an instrument that has only 12 to be a bit silly.

I makes sense on an analog clock since it would be hard to read with a full 24 unit dial.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

DD.MM.YYYY or DD.MM.YY

From the smallest to the biggest.

 

[Nociod]

Other, DD.MM.YY

So January the 23rd would be 23.01.12

 

[Rarewolf]

The Day-Month-Year numeric format usually bugs the shit out of me and is quite confusing. .

Just think of it this way

The 1st day of the month, is followed by the 2nd, then the 3rd etc etc...

so today is 24/01/12 tomrrow is 25/01/12

01/24/12 followed by 01/25/12 is confusing, as I'd never say it was January, 24th day.

Time wise I'd imagination its naval/miltary that led 24hr.

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

But not sure how that works in US, Oh verses zero

 

[Gryffindorian]

The Day-Month-Year numeric format usually bugs the shit out of me and is quite confusing. .

Just think of it this way

The 1st day of the month, is followed by the 2nd, then the 3rd etc etc...

so today is 24/01/12 tomrrow is 25/01/12

Yeah, like that helps a lot. I know how to count, I know how many days there are in a particular month, so tell me something I don't know.

01/24/12 followed by 01/25/12 is confusing, as I'd never say it was January, 24th day.

Time wise I'd imagination its naval/miltary that led 24hr.

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

But not sure how that works in US, Oh verses zero

Made in China?

 

[MacLeod]

^ I think the point they were making is that the numbers go up sequentially. with the smallest date unit number increasing first. i.e the day.

 

[Gryffindorian]

^ I think the point they were making is that the numbers go up sequentially. with the smallest date unit number increasing first. i.e the day.

That makes more sense. I couldn't understand what he/she was trying to convey due to the poor wording and sentence construction.

 

[JayOwl]

I voted "23 January 2012", but I usually do "23rd January 2012". Because it's such a small difference, it doesn't matter that much to me.

 

[RAMA]

Slashes, and month/date/year

 

[RAMA]

The Day-Month-Year numeric format usually bugs the shit out of me and is quite confusing. .

Just think of it this way

The 1st day of the month, is followed by the 2nd, then the 3rd etc etc...

so today is 24/01/12 tomrrow is 25/01/12

01/24/12 followed by 01/25/12 is confusing, as I'd never say it was January, 24th day.

Time wise I'd imagination its naval/miltary that led 24hr.

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

But not sure how that works in US, Oh verses zero

It always makes more sense to start with the context, ie: the month before the date that it's in. Otherwise that number could be anything.

 

[kirsten187]

Sometimes as 24/01/12 but sometimes in full, as in 24th January 2012.

 

[captcalhoun]

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

except 16:00 is 4PM. 6PM is 18:00

 

[MacLeod]

The Day-Month-Year numeric format usually bugs the shit out of me and is quite confusing. .

Just think of it this way

The 1st day of the month, is followed by the 2nd, then the 3rd etc etc...

so today is 24/01/12 tomrrow is 25/01/12

01/24/12 followed by 01/25/12 is confusing, as I'd never say it was January, 24th day.

Time wise I'd imagination its naval/miltary that led 24hr.

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

But not sure how that works in US, Oh verses zero

It always makes more sense to start with the context, ie: the month before the date that it's in. Otherwise that number could be anything.

I disagree

1.>It's how you are used to the format that determines the context.

2.>The phrase "The Fourth of July" is used commoly in the US to refer to the day the US declared Independece rather than July Fourth.

3.>By that logic isn't the year the most important context and thus should be first?

 

[Rarewolf]

^ I think the point they were making is that the numbers go up sequentially. with the smallest date unit number increasing first. i.e the day.

That makes more sense. I couldn't understand what he/she was trying to convey due to the poor wording and sentence construction.

Well excuse me... you said it was confusing, as you say you can count, so its not confusing at all.

It always makes more sense to start with the context, ie: the month before the date that it's in. Otherwise that number could be anything.

I think there's day to day usage and occasional.

If I asked at work what the date was, I would not expect anyone at work to say January 24th. All I'd need would be the 24th. I'd like to hope I know what month it is...

At 06:00 hours (said oh six hundred), at 16:00 hundred, less confusion than 6am, 6pm.

except 16:00 is 4PM. 6PM is 18:00

On the other hand

Certainly in speaking it the month is surplus to requirements until it changes. Much like the year. I write how I talk.