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Fartacus

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Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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Fartacus

Month Day Year

50% Yes!

30% No

20% I'll provide the right answer

10 votes • Final results

Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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...the right answer.

Stupid polls.

Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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April 8th 2024 people looked at cloud cover during the solar eclipse.

That is proper. ⬆️

AThousandYoung

Insanity at Masada

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Joined: 23 Aug 04
Moves: 26660

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@fartacus said
April 8th 2024 people looked at cloud cover during the solar eclipse.

That is proper. ⬆️

Putting the day first is the sensible thing to do

Kewpie

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 386371

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@athousandyoung said
Putting the day first is the sensible thing to do

Only Americans use that weird sequence which doesn't have the month in the middle where it belongs. The rest of us use either ascending or descending sequences.

spruce112358

Democracy Advocate

Joined: 23 Oct 04
Moves: 4402

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@Fartacus

20240408 is the correct way to write dates. That way they sort automatically.

Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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Thumbs Down! ⬇️ Thumbs Down! ⬇️ Thumbs Down! ⬇️ 😡

shavixmir

Guppy poo

Sewers of Holland

Joined: 31 Jan 04
Moves: 87864

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For filing you use: year - month - day: 20240408.

In speech or writing you use: “The 8th of April 2024.”

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 656174

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@fartacus said
...the right answer.

Stupid polls.

Is there a right answer? It is a queszion of custom, as European I do of course agree with Shavixmir.
To put the Monath on any other position than the middle is counterintuitiv for me.

You could explain what the advantag is then we might follow you.

Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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Less words.

April 8th 2024. ☑️

8th April 2024 sounds funny so you have to add words.
The 8th of April 2024 ❎

Kewpie

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 386371

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In speech I use 8th April, rarely add the year. If asked my date of birth I'd say 8 4 68 or perhaps 8 4 1968. If I'm writing I use just the numbers: 8/4/68. Month is never at the start or end.

Kewpie

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 386371

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https://medium.com/@SvilenK/linguistic-usability-why-the-american-date-format-is-superior-abc999c7bd80

Something Americans can use to defend their system.

sh76

Civis Americanus Sum

New York

Joined: 26 Dec 07
Moves: 17585

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If you say "the 9th of April, 2024" then 09/04/2024 is correct.

If you say "April 9th, 2024," then 04/09/2024 is correct.

IME, the latter is more popular.

It's really not that complicated.

spruce112358

Democracy Advocate

Joined: 23 Oct 04
Moves: 4402

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@sh76 said
If you say "the 9th of April, 2024" then 09/04/2024 is correct.

If you say "April 9th, 2024," then 04/09/2024 is correct.

IME, the latter is more popular.

It's really not that complicated.

We are having fun, so I'll ask a fun question...

@sh76, why is my moniker @spruce112358?

Fartacus

Joined: 09 Sep 10
Moves: 2501

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November 23rd 1958