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12th of January vs January 12th

  • 20-04-2017 10:35am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭


    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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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,844 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭fizzypish


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭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"


  • Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭mimimcmc


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭Shlippery


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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


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


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,822 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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,606 ✭✭✭brevity


    2017-04-20

    Done.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    European way makes the most sense to me.


  • 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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,228 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


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


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


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭valoren


    Only ever use it when referring to 9/11


  • 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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