Once every thousand years - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

There's a common example.

No, like... you're friend is signing a check, and asks "What's the date?"

What do you say?

I just give them the day. I always assume the know the month and year.

Kitsune · 04-05-2006, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

Well, the verbal one is better to me.

MM/DD/YYYY verbally.

So, you actually say "Four-slash-five-slash-two-thousand six" or "Four-five-two-thousand six" or even "oh-four-oh-five-two-thousand six"?

SteveBsjb · 04-05-2006, 12:51 PM

No, I put them in that order though. Month first, date second, year last. Similar numerically to today's date: 04/05/2006

And really that's what this thread is all about. Most everyone should agree that when giving the date, keep the year part last. And make strides to change it wherever it's not that way.

Kitsune · 04-05-2006, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

Most everyone should agree that when giving the date, keep the year part last. And make strides to change it wherever it's not that way.

In speaking with someone, sure. In writing and keeping items chronologically, no. Just as I may say "It's one-o'clock" when it is around lunch time, I'll never write anything other than "13:00" when keeping records straight is important.

Flint · 04-05-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

So, you actually say "Four-slash-five-slash-two-thousand six" or "Four-five-two-thousand six" or even "oh-four-oh-five-two-thousand six"?

No, he says "em em slash dee dee slash why why why why"

SteveBsjb · 04-05-2006, 12:57 PM

oh well, some people never want to be daring.

wolf · 04-05-2006, 01:04 PM

I'm a dd-month (yes, spelled out)-yyyy person, except when doing documentation at work where the standard is mm-dd-yyyy. We just got a new computer system which, for unclear reasons, does not use (and cannot convert, it's a really stupid piece of software) military time, which is the protocol for our written documentation.

Kitsune · 04-05-2006, 01:10 PM

2:07pm? No.
14:07 EST? Nope.
19:07 UTC? No way.

The time should be stated as @796!

(anyone who gets that referenced failure of a 'technology' gets a cookie)

TiddyBaby · 04-05-2006, 01:10 PM

dd yy mm

is this some sorta tecky rap hipppppttyyyyddddhooop.?

Hey boys, and girls, its Today, March (something or other) 1988, and something bigs gonna happen in 12 hours.

TiddyBaby · 04-05-2006, 01:11 PM

ok, is the millinum thing gonna happen at gmt time or the atomic Colorodo time?

TiddyBaby · 04-05-2006, 01:13 PM

what the hell is gmt? When Big Ben Bangs, so the ships know where they are in the middle of the ocean?

SteveBsjb · 04-05-2006, 01:18 PM

Okay, TB's drunk.

04-05-2006, 12:51 PM	#33
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	No, I put them in that order though. Month first, date second, year last. Similar numerically to today's date: 04/05/2006 And really that's what this thread is all about. Most everyone should agree that when giving the date, keep the year part last. And make strides to change it wherever it's not that way. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

04-05-2006, 12:57 PM	#36
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	oh well, some people never want to be daring. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

04-05-2006, 01:04 PM	#37
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm a dd-month (yes, spelled out)-yyyy person, except when doing documentation at work where the standard is mm-dd-yyyy. We just got a new computer system which, for unclear reasons, does not use (and cannot convert, it's a really stupid piece of software) military time, which is the protocol for our written documentation. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-05-2006, 01:18 PM	#42
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Okay, TB's drunk. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

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04-05-2006, 01:10 PM	#38
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	2:07pm? No. 14:07 EST? Nope. 19:07 UTC? No way. The time should be stated as @796! (anyone who gets that referenced failure of a 'technology' gets a cookie)

04-05-2006, 01:10 PM	#39
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	dd yy mm is this some sorta tecky rap hipppppttyyyyddddhooop.? Hey boys, and girls, its Today, March (something or other) 1988, and something bigs gonna happen in 12 hours.

04-05-2006, 01:11 PM	#40
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	ok, is the millinum thing gonna happen at gmt time or the atomic Colorodo time?

04-05-2006, 01:13 PM	#41
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	what the hell is gmt? When Big Ben Bangs, so the ships know where they are in the middle of the ocean?

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