Interesting Date Tomorrow

[JingleBells]

Just after 1AM tomorrow morning, the time + date will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06

Woo

 

[Panda On Smack]

A mate of mine showed me that the other day

Any other dates like that?

 

[babs]

I remember very well when it was 1.23:45 6/7/89.

 

[JingleBells]

A mate of mine showed me that the other day

Any other dates like that?

In June it'll be: 06:06:06 06/06/06

 

[ECA]

In June it'll be: 06:06:06 06/06/06

ZOMG THE WORLDS GOING TO SEXPLODE.

 

[DaGaffer]

Just after 1AM tomorrow morning, the time + date will be:
01:02:03 04/05/06

Woo

Unless you're American, in which case this was last month. And of course its really 01:02:03 04/05/2006, which is much less interesting...

 

[Louster]

Unless you're American, in which case this was last month. And of course its really 01:02:03 04/05/2006, which is much less interesting...

If you're going to quibble over formatting, you might as well point out that it's all basically arbitrary and meaningless anyhow.

Also, even my American friends don't seem to know why they write it that way round. Is there any logic to mm/dd/yy, at all?

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Only reason I find that format to be useful is for naming files by date in a directory

 

[babs]

Yeah, if you think how some people (including me) explain a date

"It's May the Third today"

 

[DaGaffer]

If you're going to quibble over formatting, you might as well point out that it's all basically arbitrary and meaningless anyhow.

Also, even my American friends don't seem to know why they write it that way round. Is there any logic to mm/dd/yy, at all?

It's all basically arbitrary and meaningless anyhow

Someone told me the American system was simply based on how the date is spoken; e.g. "May the fourth 2006" whereas we use the international date convention; it's yet another one of those archaic conventions Americans stuck to after they split from the Mother Country. Of course the 'proper' date convention is the ISO version which is year-month-day e.g. 2006-05-04.

 

[Louster]

See, I think I'd naturally just say "the third of May" anyhow. And yeah, the values are arbitrary and meaningless but they're still values, and You Don't Tamper With Math. Ascending or descending are the only orders that make sense, dammit.

 

[dysfunction]

Its going to be Star Wars Day tomorrow:

May the Fourth....(be with you)

 

[babs]

Next... on FH.


Dysfunction treats us all with a wonderful new site he found on the internet called Hamster Dance.

 

[Earl]

In June it'll be: 06:06:06 06/06/06

I have 6hours of exams on that day.
6!!

 

[dysfunction]

Next... on FH.


Dysfunction treats us all with a wonderful new site he found on the internet called Hamster Dance.

Now you've ruined the surprise!!

 

[Sar]

Unless you're American, in which case this was last month. And of course its really 01:02:03 04/05/2006, which is much less interesting...

Hardly American.

I work for the government, and we all use the dd/mm/yy format in all dates.



That's the BRITISH GOVERNMENT btw.

 

[MYstIC G]

Sar working for the government....

Hello Mr Brown!

 

[Sar]

Yah, ich bin das Civil Servant.