It's 12/13/14
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MajGenl.Meade
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It's 12/13/14
At least, it is to USians. I suppose in Oz and SA and the UK (etc.) it must be 13/12/14 which isn't nearly as interesting.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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But far more sensible.
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While I generally eschew the strange furriner ways of measuring things, (like Celsius and the silly metric system) I have to admit it does seem more logical to express dates in a progression from day-to-month-to year rather than our month/day/year way of doing it .
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I agree with you both. Is it reflected in actual words, the date thing?
Are USians more likely to say "It's December 13th" while UK/Ozians are more likely to say "It's the 13th of December"?
Perhaps we English speakers are more likely to go for the complete sentence?
Are USians more likely to say "It's December 13th" while UK/Ozians are more likely to say "It's the 13th of December"?
Perhaps we English speakers are more likely to go for the complete sentence?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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And here it's becoming more and more common (and I typically do so unless a form or something forces me otherwise) to write year/month/day, as in 2014-12-13. The added advantage for me is that for several types of correspondence, like insurance claims, etc., I use the date as the document name because it is the only distinguishing element, so files ordered by document name are automatically sorted chronologically when I view those folders.Lord Jim wrote:While I generally eschew the strange furriner ways of measuring things, (like Celsius and the silly metric system) I have to admit it does seem more logical to express dates in a progression from day-to-month-to year rather than our month/day/year way of doing it .
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just a bit ago it was 9:10:11 12/13/14
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A numerical coincidence in an arbitrary system of measuring time has what to do with either religion or philosophy?
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Religion is based on a philosophy related to reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. A sequence of a rare combination of numbers used in measuring time is something that causes some people to think philosophically and seek wisdom where it may or may not exist.rubato wrote:A numerical coincidence in an arbitrary system of measuring time has what to do with either religion or philosophy?
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Teh local newspaper had an article about a couple of babies that were born at that time/date.Guinevere wrote:just a bit ago it was 9:10:11 12/13/14