2006-11-30 02:44:13 · 18 answers · asked by tulip 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Whatever and why is not the point, the fact that they do is damned annoying. The most logical way is day month year because it's in the order of how it changes....easy!
2006-11-30 02:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Pagan Man 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Well what makes more sense 30/ 11/ 06 or 11/ 30/ 06 you tell me they are really both right. It is like when you fill out a form last name frist frisr name last.
What does it matter in which order you write it down as long as you come out with the correct imformation.
Why not this way 06/30/11 the problem is no one would know what the heck you worte they would most likely thing that it was the sixth month 11th day 1911 when in fact it is just the other way around year first day second and month last you tell me which is easier to understand?
2006-11-30 11:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by Tom Sawyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angel Baby, you are wrong in every way. For a start, most people drive on the same side of the road as you, all through Europe and the only people I know that drive on the left are us Brits and the Japanese.
Secondly, I don't know about other countries but we only switched to metric a couple of decades ago (and we've not completely switched, even officially: miles are still used instead of km on road signs and most people use feet and inches or pounds and stone in everyday life), it's a system older than your country, your not exactly trend setting.
Onedetroitguy, that really doesn't make any difference, it takes a second to say a date. Even so, if someone just said a day - the 8th say- then it have more meaning than saying a month; you'd assume it was the 8th of the current month. Just saying a month gives you a huge scope for error. The individual day is definately more important.
SmartBlond, I know you said you disagree, but still, you do say the 5th of September. It makes much more sense than September 5th. Admittedly, it would make just as much sense as the former if it had an 'the' in the middle making it September the 5th; omitting the 'the' just sounds weird.
Frankly, I don't think it makes much difference in everyday speaking, but when written down it's much more logical to have it going in order of size, and is much easier to understand.
2006-11-30 15:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by AndyB 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've often wondered that...
...it can cause confusion.
e.g. I think someone asked a question about an event on 5/11/06...& got a couple of smartarse answers about the date… assuming that the question was about 11 May 2006...
2006-11-30 11:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its more logical and easier to understand when you write it month/day/year. The other way is more confusing.
For example, no one would say I am going to do something on the 8th day of March. You mention the month first then state what day of the month. That is the way it expresses more meaning.
What month, then what day.
Not what day, then what month.
The month is more important than the day to find out first. Months come once a year, days repeat over and over in a year.
2006-11-30 11:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by Internet User 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My old (American) boss explained this one to me. He said they write it like that because that's how you say it:
"September 5th, 2006"
You don't say " 5 September 2006"
Not that I agree, but it made sense to him.
2006-11-30 12:36:00 · answer #6 · answered by SmartBlonde 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To confuse the rest of the world
2006-11-30 10:48:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why should it really be that way? Because you do it that way?
2006-11-30 11:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's much easier to sort if you write year/month/day
2006-11-30 10:46:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
It's just convention, that's all.there is no law that dictates the order
2006-11-30 10:46:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋