Poll: Dating...help me solve this problem

[Zoomy]

We say "March sixteenth, twenty-ten", not "sixteen, March, twenty-ten".

Month/Day/Year is reflective of spoken English.

"What date is it today?"
"The sixteenth of March, Twenty-Ten."

That's the way we do it around these lands.

Therefore D/M/Y also reflects spoken English.

 

[Sir_Tor]

I must say that I was mislead by the title.
It's day/month/year. The epic order of mass destruction!

 

[Seldon2639]

We say "March sixteenth, twenty-ten", not "sixteen, March, twenty-ten".

Month/Day/Year is reflective of spoken English.

"What date is it today?"
"The sixteenth of March, Twenty-Ten."

That's the way we do it around these lands.

Therefore D/M/Y also reflects spoken English.

You folks are weird.

But, yeah. We write whatever version is what's spoken around us. Unless, of course, the speaking is determined by how it's written. But then, we have a recursive loop and heads go 'splode.

 

[Captain Pancake]

It's only in America that I've come across that puts the month first. It makes more sense to go from smallest interval to biggest, but America insists on being different.

 

[Scabadus]

It's interesting that you say that month/day/year is how people say the date, can I assume you're American? It's been a while since I spent any time in America, but here in the UK people say and write day/month/year. So 16th March 2010 (today, also the order we use when speaking) would be 16/03/2010.

Also, yes I realise I used a MASSIVE generalisation there when I said "we". To clarify: it's how I've heard it spoken the most often in the UK.

 

[ethaninja]

DAY MONTH YEAR

Makes more sense for crying out loud...

It does at that. I mean, whats first? Day. Then what happens after a certain amount of days are over? The MONTH changes. Followed by the year.

 

[Chipperz]

I hate the Month/Day/Year version.

Just why?

Day/Month/Year is so much easier, plus it's in bloody order! From smallest amount of time to largest.

Think about saying it aloud.

We say "March sixteenth, twenty-ten", not "sixteen, March, twenty-ten".

Month/Day/Year is reflective of spoken English.

Sixteenth of March, two-thousand and ten.

It's Day/Month/Year. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

 

[Seldon2639]

I hate the Month/Day/Year version.

Just why?

Day/Month/Year is so much easier, plus it's in bloody order! From smallest amount of time to largest.

Think about saying it aloud.

We say "March sixteenth, twenty-ten", not "sixteen, March, twenty-ten".

Month/Day/Year is reflective of spoken English.

Sixteenth of March, two-thousand and ten.

It's Day/Month/Year. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

Golly, I do love categorical statements in a subjective discussion.

It's refreshing.

Lemme give it a shot:

"It's Month/Day/Year, anyone who says otherwise is wrong". Now who gets to be right?

 

[BlindMessiah94]

It's interesting that you say that month/day/year is how people say the date, can I assume you're American? It's been a while since I spent any time in America, but here in the UK people say and write day/month/year. So 16th March 2010 (today, also the order we use when speaking) would be 16/03/2010.

Also, yes I realise I used a MASSIVE generalisation there when I said "we". To clarify: it's how I've heard it spoken the most often in the UK.

Actually no, I'm a Canadian, but even here we are confused mostly (We are a commonwealth nation with a cowardly government who sucks up to the US - semantics are our worst nightmare).
Everyone here SAYS the date Month Day Year, but almost everyone WRITES it Day Month Year.
It is very annoying.
I just want a frakking standard!
Wish the world would just pick one.
Don't even get me started on metric vs imperial.

 

[El Poncho]

Uh, well here we don't say March 16th we say 16th of March, so day/month/year

 

[CK76]

For six months I born on the 1st of July rather than January 7th due to bit of a mix up.

Anyways, day, month, year makes sense, much like the 24 hour clock, and the metric system.

 

[Chipperz]

I hate the Month/Day/Year version.

Just why?

Day/Month/Year is so much easier, plus it's in bloody order! From smallest amount of time to largest.

Think about saying it aloud.

We say "March sixteenth, twenty-ten", not "sixteen, March, twenty-ten".

Month/Day/Year is reflective of spoken English.

Sixteenth of March, two-thousand and ten.

It's Day/Month/Year. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

Golly, I do love categorical statements in a subjective discussion.

It's refreshing.

Lemme give it a shot:

"It's Month/Day/Year, anyone who says otherwise is wrong". Now who gets to be right?

No it moves to a democratic discussion. You have America, I have everywhere else in the world.

It'll take a while to tally up the votes, but I believe I might have this one.

 

[Baradiel]

Americanisation annoys the hell out of me! Day/Month/Year is the sensible, normal, perfectly-fine way of doing it.

Seriously, when America declared its independence, did they all think "I know what'll annoy the Brits more than breaking off from them and fighting a war against them! Let's fuck around with everything! Destroy all calendars! We'll make our own! English isn't efficient enough! Let's take out half the letters and change words, then add 'American' to the beginning, which instantly makes it better!"

If so, they were right. Its so much more annoying than simply declaring independence.

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Just one of my pet hates.

 

[Baradiel]

Also, just wondering whether anywhere else besides the USA does the Month/Day/Year method?

No where I don't think.

 

[Uncle_Brainhorn]

How about who cares what everyone else does, do what people in your region will understand.

 

[Zoomy]

How about who cares what everyone else does, do what people in your region will understand.

Problem is the Internets isn't a country.

 

[Gabanuka]

I don't know anyone who doesn't do it Date/Month/Year.

 

[Bagaloo]

Day, month, year!
Tired of people messing it up.

Plus to go with the OP's logic, this is actually how people say the date; its the 16th of March 2010.