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"I found the bug on 12/3/2010" Date format used in US is probably the most unintuitive. At first I read that as 12 march 2010. Made me think for a moment that
by piaskal 16y ago
"I found the bug on 12/3/2010"
Date format used in US is probably the most unintuitive.
At first I read that as 12 march 2010. Made me think for a moment that it took Google almost a year to fix it.
- Skofoo 16y agoA person is more likely to say "March 12 2010" instead of something like "12th of March 2010", hence the M/D/Y format.
- generalk 16y agoThe US date format isn't unintuitive if you're fluent in colloquial American english, because that's how we speak dates aloud. You're more likely to hear "March 12, 2010" than "12 March, 2010" in casual conversation. That said, I try to stick to 12 Mar 2010 (abbreviated textual month) on the intertubes in deference to the fact that the rest of the world formats dates differently, and I find that to be a nice unambiguous middle-ground.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoWhich came first though, saying March 12 (or 12th?) or writing 3/12? I'd say 12th of March, but I'm in the UK.
- dazzla 16y agoI'm a Brit living in the US and had a tense moment at a US airport when I'd "got my date of birth wrong" because I'd used the UK format.
- tertius 16y agoSouth African here and every time I have to quote my birth date over the phone to validate my identity I usually stutter when trying to get it right.