I think America is outnumbered on that matter.
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Etterra@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not in America it ain’t. Nobody fucking puts the day before the month.
Michal@programming.dev 3 months ago
Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Year/Month/Day is the way.
Month/Day/Year you should fear.
nyctre@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Remind me again what your national day is called?
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
July 4th, or the 4th OF July. No one calls it 4 July.
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
4th OF July,
So date first, then the month?
You don’t read 1/2 as “1slash2” do you? You read it as “half”, don’t you? You don’t read 3/4 as “three four” do you? You read it as “three quarters” or “three fourths”.
Because we know how to conjugate numbers from context. Like say you finish 3. in a race. Would you read “3.” as “three” or “third”?
(It’s quite ironic how often I end up having to teach Americans English, lol.)
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
say you finish 3. in a race
Who would even type it that way? When talking about position, the suffix isn’t ignored, either in text or speech.
As for fractions, they are just that; fractions. Divisible portions of a whole, so different rules apply to them. They can be in the plural sense as in two halves, or 3 quarters. But you don’t have a plural dates of the month, unless you’re counting multiple years. And in that case it’s month first. Like, if you were comparing this year to other years, you wouldn’t say “this was better than the last couple 4ths of July”. You’d say, “this was better than the last couple of July 4ths”
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Guess ya’ll just have to adapt to a better system.
Give up on imperial while you’re at it too, you’ll be happier in the long run.
lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
unless you are using ISO 8601 then i think u should…
Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Invalid argument as the ISO standard must include years. Not including years is just garbage