I would say we treat the day as a subset of the month, but then we should list stuff as 09/07/08 since the month is subservient to the year…
If some nerd has nothing better to do than wait around to capture this picture, I’m not at all surprised that he’s the proud owner of a Timex.
Too bad there isn’t a timestamp on the pic.
Shooped.
Strahil, It’s only backward to you. We understand it just fine!
Month/Day/Year is the least sensible way to record the date.
Day/Month/Year is little improved for that matter. Both recognize the human animal is more interested in what’s current than what’s best sorted, and the bother of recording the year is best avoided until the end. British subjects and their ilk, having even shorter attention spans than Americans, insist on sorting out the day first. Americans can remember the day, but often forget what the month is.
Year/Month/Day is what I use. To heck with people holding up the line while writing checks. What I want is the best in machine ordering so my invoices are sorted properly.
So, to challenge Strahil’s assertion about that date being 08/07/09, I say it was 09/07/08.
Jonco, I can read the date too, but it still doesn’t appear to be correct from a logical perspective.
Mick, I can agree with you too, because the logic is still the same – from year to day. To use the month in the first “column” is like to use the minutes in the first column instead of the hours – it just doesn’t make sense.
Actually, strahil, you just sabotaged your argument. The hour is analogous to the month and comes first. Then comes the minute, which is a subdivision of the hour, as the day is a subdivision of the month.
When you write American dates, you first write the month, which orients you to what part of the year it is. Then you write the day, which adds additional precision. Same principle as is used by us both in writing time.
Hey, I bought exactly this Ironman watch at a Walmart in Ohio for $29.99.
As I have it on European Date Format, you’ve given me a great idea on what to do on Aug 7th… – Thanks.
Let me ask you all this: WHY DOES IT MATTER? XD If you really want to argue about whether or not the Americans are stupid in their oddities, shouldn’t we be arguing about 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard and 1760 yards or 5280 feet to a mile? WTF IS UP WITH THAT? ^_^ Lmao.
Tincase, you’re wrong and this is why:
A year contains months.
A month contains days.
A day contains hours.
An hour contains minutes.
A minute contains seconds.
This is the correct descending order.
I can see why you think I sabotaged my own argument, but I guess we just look at things from a different perspectives.
Anyway, I don’t think we’ll change the world with this argument, so that’s it from me.
You Americans with your date… It’s 08/07/09
I would say we treat the day as a subset of the month, but then we should list stuff as 09/07/08 since the month is subservient to the year…
If some nerd has nothing better to do than wait around to capture this picture, I’m not at all surprised that he’s the proud owner of a Timex.
Too bad there isn’t a timestamp on the pic.
Shooped.
Strahil, It’s only backward to you. We understand it just fine!
Month/Day/Year is the least sensible way to record the date.
Day/Month/Year is little improved for that matter. Both recognize the human animal is more interested in what’s current than what’s best sorted, and the bother of recording the year is best avoided until the end. British subjects and their ilk, having even shorter attention spans than Americans, insist on sorting out the day first. Americans can remember the day, but often forget what the month is.
Year/Month/Day is what I use. To heck with people holding up the line while writing checks. What I want is the best in machine ordering so my invoices are sorted properly.
So, to challenge Strahil’s assertion about that date being 08/07/09, I say it was 09/07/08.
Jonco, I can read the date too, but it still doesn’t appear to be correct from a logical perspective.
Mick, I can agree with you too, because the logic is still the same – from year to day. To use the month in the first “column” is like to use the minutes in the first column instead of the hours – it just doesn’t make sense.
Actually, strahil, you just sabotaged your argument. The hour is analogous to the month and comes first. Then comes the minute, which is a subdivision of the hour, as the day is a subdivision of the month.
When you write American dates, you first write the month, which orients you to what part of the year it is. Then you write the day, which adds additional precision. Same principle as is used by us both in writing time.
Hey, I bought exactly this Ironman watch at a Walmart in Ohio for $29.99.
As I have it on European Date Format, you’ve given me a great idea on what to do on Aug 7th… – Thanks.
Let me ask you all this: WHY DOES IT MATTER? XD If you really want to argue about whether or not the Americans are stupid in their oddities, shouldn’t we be arguing about 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard and 1760 yards or 5280 feet to a mile? WTF IS UP WITH THAT? ^_^ Lmao.
Tincase, you’re wrong and this is why:
A year contains months.
A month contains days.
A day contains hours.
An hour contains minutes.
A minute contains seconds.
This is the correct descending order.
I can see why you think I sabotaged my own argument, but I guess we just look at things from a different perspectives.
Anyway, I don’t think we’ll change the world with this argument, so that’s it from me.