While I was living in Japan, where addresses and dates are big-endian, I started writing dates in YY/MM/DD format (but not with the Japanese year numbering).
It makes it easier to sort files on the computer too.
Otherwise I write the month, such as 2 Apr 2015
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:57 am
by EdLee
Nyanjilla wrote:addresses and dates are big-endian
I haven't thought about or heard of the terms big- and little- endians for over 10 years. Thanks.
( From how data is stored in computer memory. )
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:07 am
by Nyanjilla
EdLee wrote:
Nyanjilla wrote:addresses and dates are big-endian
I haven't thought about or heard of the terms big- and little- endians for over 10 years. Thanks.
( From how data is stored in computer memory. )
The term is much older... I was brought up on the classics, which is why debates on how dates *should* be written seem so familiar, except that there was no "middle-endian" faction originally.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:37 am
by EdLee
The wonderful things one can learn from Go venues.
I also don't know what happens in the UK, or Europe, or in most other countries, actually.
[rant]
But here, it's very common to see things like 02/03/04
(on receipts, even legal documents, like tax forms) which drive me crazy. Is it:
2002 March 4th
2002 April 3rd (strange, yes)
Feb 3rd, 2004
March 2nd, 2004
Feb 4th, 2003 (nobody does this)
Apr 2nd, 2003 (nobody does this)
It's one of my pet peeves, not shared by most others here. [/rant]
That would always be March 2nd 2004 here, unless given the context you suspected March 2nd 1904.
Actually using the 4 digit format for the year became a lot, lot more common here after 1999. A lot of people felt 1/1/00 looked weird.
Re: April Fools' Day Prank at Work
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:41 am
by DrStraw
On 14th March people in the USA celebrated Pi Day: 3/14/15, or for some they celebrated the specific time: 3/14/15 9:26:54. It occurred to me at the time that people in Europe would wonder what it was all about.
Re: April Fools' Day Prank at Work
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:57 am
by Fedya
In Europe they celebrate Pi Day on the 31st of April, of course.
Thanks.
