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12th of January vs January 12th

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  • 20-04-2017 11:35am
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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭


    I see more and more often people using the american version of date setting.

    When did this start in Ireland?
    Is it because of the US shows, US news, US everything we are bombarded with every day?
    Should we accept it or fight it? Maybe start using Fahrenheit too?

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    #2
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    The dates don't bother me but the temperature one gets on my tits.
    The British are using it in their weather reports and I can't understand why.


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    #3
    fizzypish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭fizzypish


    American companies use it and it probably infected the workforce who in turn spread the virus.


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    #4
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Or is that "age and day"?





    Edit, above was in response to a user that have since deleted their post - which read "something something in this day and age"


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    mimimcmc
    Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭mimimcmc


    Your diagram clearly shows that America is wrong, so yes, we should fight it!


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    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,255 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    Is this just because today is 4/20 and us Europeans can't have that!?


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    #7
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Also we will have to scrap "May the fourth be with you".


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    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,632 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    We should resist it of course, we didn't fight the Brits for 800 years to give up our fields and date formats to the Yanks


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    brevity
    Registered Users Posts: 8,500 ✭✭✭brevity


    2017-04-20

    Done.


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    #10
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    European way makes the most sense to me.


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Why should anyone be surprised? Look at the TV forum - it's dominated by threads about American "shows". We're all (well not me obviously) becoming inculcated by American kulture.


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    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    For sorting order, it's always best to use YYYY-MM-DD.


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    #13
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,094 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    January 12 in grammatical terms and 12/01 in numerical, twelfth of January if I am speaking of it.


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    #14
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    One all draw. 12th January goes through on away goals.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    heebusjeebus wrote: »
    For sorting order, it's always best to use YYYY-MM-DD.
    So drop the US format for the Jap format? Ulster says no!


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    judeboy101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭judeboy101


    Same with that 'pi day' ****e


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    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    biko wrote: »
    So drop the US format for the Jap format? Ulster says no!

    Ya, the US format is useless for anything other than the spoken word.


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    #18
    valoren
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭valoren


    Only ever use it when referring to 9/11


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    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Never encountered any non American writing it the American way. Sometimes it's inbuilt into software etc but apart from that I never see it.


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