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They use a different date format in China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_the_Republic_of_China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_ti
by maethorechannen 15y ago
They use a different date format in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_the_Republic_of_China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_the_R...
It probably wouldn't be recognized by most people as the date of the Tiananmen Sq date (to be honest, to me it looks like 6 April 1989, so it's only signifgant if you write dates the way you write dates)
- eurleif 15y agoThat doesn't necessarily mean it's just a coincidence, though. The phone number may very well have been chosen by an American. Apple is big on central management, after all.
- maethorechannen 15y agoOr it was the next number assigned by some computer like most phone numbers, which seems far, far more likely.
- Umofomia 15y agoThe event is referred to as the "6-4 incident" in Chinese (六四事件), so the month-day order is correct. Generally the year is listed first in full dates (e.g., 1989年6月4日), but it's arguably still recognizable when it occurs afterwards. [edit] Addendum: BTW, I just noticed the link you supplied refers to the Republic of China, which is the de facto government in Taiwan currently and is different from the People's Republic of China, which is what most people refer to as "China". The PRC follows the regular Gregorian calendar in YYYY-MM-DD format.
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- cynest 15y agoRepublic of China \= People's Republic of China. Given the lack of details in the article, it doesn't appear as if that date system would be used in Beijing.