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Well, it depends. If Atwood's aiming at an international audience, then he should use both measurement systems. If he's happy with an American audience then the
by mooism2 14y ago
Well, it depends. If Atwood's aiming at an international audience, then he should use both measurement systems. If he's happy with an American audience then there's no reason for him to bother.
I note that the date of his blog post is the international-friendly “November 19, 2012” rather than the American numeric “11/19/2012”. But internationalising dates like this is easier than providing measurements in dual units.
- bjcy 14y agoUs Americans do use "Month DD, YYYY" quite frequently, so I don't think that his usage of it is done purposefully.
- sliverstorm 14y agoIndeed. MM/DD/YY is used informally and for datapoints (e.g. the Date field when you sign a form), but any time you are writing formally (e.g. a letter) you use Month DD, YYYY. It's almost like MM/DD/YY is the abbreviation of "Month DD, YYYY"
- moe 14y agoXX/XX/YY is a terrible format and I wish people would stop using it. 01/02/03 can be January 2nd or February 1st, and often there's not enough context to determine which was meant.
- TeMPOraL 14y ago> If Atwood's aiming at an international audience, then he should use both measurement systems. That, and also Atwood's popularity among American readers gives him a great opportunity to encourage them to use metric. In the meantime, use http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4751410 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4751410 :).