American Date Format

[BrianACR]

Because after we kicked you out, we decided to do everything different and by extension, correctly. The metric system can suck it!

Lol at least the metric system makes sense. It's all based on the number ten and the speed of light. Not based on the length of some old dudes thumb or whatever an inch is
Besides, it also sounds waaaay better to say 'my car can go 300' rather than 'my car can go 186' lol
But then this is all just my own humble opinion. And I kinda grew up with the metric system, so I may be just a slight bit biased...

[Fatboy 18]

Lol at least the metric system makes sense. It's all based on the number ten and the speed of light. Not based on the length of some old dudes thumb or whatever an inch is
Besides, it also sounds waaaay better to say 'my car can go 300' rather than 'my car can go 186' lol
But then this is all just my own humble opinion. And I kinda grew up with the metric system, so I may be just a slight bit biased...

I do property maintenance for a living, I can tell you I have made a couple of mistakes when writing down the measurement putting that decimal point in the wrong place! I now always cross reference giving Both measurements, but if im in a lumber yard I always use feet and inches. To say give me a couple of sheets of ply 8ft x 4ft is much easier than working out what it is in Metric!
I guess its down to what you know best.

[Vprbite]

Lol at least the metric system makes sense. It's all based on the number ten and the speed of light. Not based on the length of some old dudes thumb or whatever an inch is
Besides, it also sounds waaaay better to say 'my car can go 300' rather than 'my car can go 186' lol
But then this is all just my own humble opinion. And I kinda grew up with the metric system, so I may be just a slight bit biased...

Chem minor here so I know it pretty well and can convert. Back in 2003 before everyone had internet on their phones, some of my employees thought that was a super power! Ha.

[AZTVR]

I was looking at Benjamin Franklin letters from the mid 1700s, and they were dated in the Month, day, year format. Then from the UK, letters by the Reverend Charles Wesley from a little earlier in the 1700s are also dated in the month, day, year format. So, which country is it that actually diverged from "the norm?" Interesting subject.

Franklin: http://tinyurl.com/hmnxnr7
Wesley: http://tinyurl.com/jtcc5oz

[ViperGTS]

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[Vprbite]

I was looking at Benjamin Franklin letters from the mid 1700s, and they were dated in the Month, day, year format. Then from the UK, letters by the Reverend Charles Wesley from a little earlier in the 1700s are also dated in the month, day, year format. So, which country is it that actually diverged from "the norm?" Interesting subject.

Franklin: http://tinyurl.com/hmnxnr7
Wesley: http://tinyurl.com/jtcc5oz

Hey hey, we had this all resolved. Don't go mucking it up with new information

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I find this really hard to believe.

[cplabaunza]

When I was in the Marines, we used Day/Month/Year (Gregorian format) for most correspondence. For the other times I didn't use "Day/Month/Year", I used the Julian Calendar for dating documentation/logging instead of the Day/Month/Year format.

[Fatboy 18]

Think Ive started something here
Now I have never heard of the Julian Calendar, I will have to look that up!