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  • #16
    Ain't no kill like it
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    • #17
      Quoth Dreamstalker View Post
      Most of our products use the European date format D/M/Y. Just to make things interesting, some Italian companies will use the American format without indicating so, and certain products will get an additional English-language label so you have both formats
      This sort of thing is why -- even when corresponding strictly with 'Murricans, I try to write out dates in the ## month ### format (e.g. 26 July 2019)
      Last edited by EricKei; 07-02-2019, 08:00 PM.
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      • #18
        Quoth EricKei View Post
        This sort of thing is why -- even when corresponding strictly with 'Murricans, I try to write out dates in the ## month ### format (e.g. 26 July 2019)
        I've gotten into the habit of writing the date in that format, myself, and I couldn't really tell you why.
        Last edited by EricKei; 07-02-2019, 08:01 PM. Reason: ninja quote edit
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        • #19
          I got into it when I was working on DEC (computer) equipment. PDP11, VAX, and so on. Their standard way of handling dates was a three-letter version of the month in the middle of the date. 04-JUL-76 was the US bicentennial, for instance. Yes, that was back when Y2K was "someone else's problem", though that someone else eventually was me as well.
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          One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
          The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

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          • #20
            I kinda favor ISO 8601; there isn't any particular ambiguity of 2019-07-03 (for example).

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            • #21
              The 2019th day of the month 7 of the year 3? :P
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              • #22
                I swear that's how D2 is reading dates. She still can't grasp the simple way of determining European/American format: whichever of the first two numbers is greater than 12 is the day and from there it's easy.
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                • #23
                  Quoth YamiNoHime View Post
                  Why are so few people taught accountability anymore?

                  It's heartbreaking

                  Actually, it's sickening
                  I don't think it's accountability for some of them, I just think that they've been shown often enough that if they're willing to make a scene they can get cheap\free stuff.
                  Lady, people aren't chocolates. D'you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling. Dr Cox - Scrubs

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