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Apr 4, 2006 | 09:06 PM

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Gymkata

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Phew, I thought I was gonna die!!! It's 1:05 EST right now!!!

Apr 5, 2006 | 02:51 AM

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prodigy3006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteS2k,Apr 4 2006, 01:18 PM

For the rest of the world, they must wait almost a month, until May 4.

why

Apr 5, 2006 | 03:16 AM

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ade73

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From: Hell on toast

Because we do day/month/year. So it was 01:02:03 05/04/06.

Apr 5, 2006 | 04:11 AM

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DiamondDave2005

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From: Cherry Hill, NJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by prodigy3006,Apr 5 2006, 05:51 AM

why

Other countries write the date logically - DD/MM/YY.

The US method makes no sense. It's like writing the time as MM:HH:SS

Apr 5, 2006 | 06:20 PM

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Sfkn2

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Someone must have been bored.

Apr 5, 2006 | 09:10 PM

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rmc22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DiamondDave2005,Apr 5 2006, 04:11 AM

Other countries write the date logically - DD/MM/YY.

The US method makes no sense. It's like writing the time as MM:HH:SS

While I agree that the way we do it does not make sense, I do not agree with your logic.

To say we write it as if it were comparable to MM:HH:SS is wrong because minutes make up hours, much like days make up months. MM:HH:SS would be like DD:MM:YY.

Too much Stella tonight.

It all comes down to language.. We say April 6th, others say the 6th of April.

I'm not going to lie; I just wanted to type those wicked abbreviations!