Poll: Dating...help me solve this problem

[mobsterlobster]

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.

That's wrong. From extensive travel I can confidently say that American's are the only people who would respond "March Sixteenth". In South Africa, Australia and the UK people will commongly respond "It's the sixteenth of March."

Awesome avatar! I love KP.

OT: Day/Month/Year seems to be the most common way of saying it, so I think that gets the vote. It seems the USA is the only country to exclusively use M/D/Y. I'd prefer it if everyone in the world used the same system, whatever that system was, just as long as confusion was avoided. But I doubt I'll lose sleep over it.

 

[AkJay]

Well, logically, Day/Month/Year would be appropriate. As for me, being raised in America, we use Month/Day/Year for... some reason.

 

[MelziGurl]

Day/Month/Year, because that's how I have learned to date things since primary school.

 

[hazabaza1]

D/M/Y

Those silly Americans are so silly.

 

[MrBirdy]

day/month/year.

That's the most logical choice and actually the one used by the whole world except America and Canada... Or not?

 

[Macgyvercas]

I can go either month/day/year or day/month/year.

Anything other than that, and I get confused (admittedly not hard to do, but still)

 

[Steeveeo]

Hooray America being different from the rest of the world.

We aren't better because we're different, we just make everything more difficult. Adapt what the rest of the world does and I'll be fine.

Yes, metric > american.

I am an American and I advocate this post.

 

[Valksy]

I prefer day/month/year. It seems to me to be an issue of relevance - I suspect most people are pretty happy and aware that it is March and that is not what people want when the asked the date. To me saying "16th of March" gets the information to me quicker than "March 16th". It just seems illogical somehow.

Anyways smallest to largest always.

 

[omega 616]

smallest to biggest, it makes sense. Going from very accurate to a bit more general then a little vague.

I could even understand biggest to smallest. vague - little more accurate - most accurate.

It's a steady progression.

But mixing it up by doing it month/day/year, is just making things complicated.

It should definitely be uniform around the world though.

 

[KarumaK]

Hooray America being different from the rest of the world.

We aren't better because we're different, we just make everything more difficult. Adapt what the rest of the world does and I'll be fine.

Yes, metric > american.

I am an American and I advocate this post.

I am an American and I oppose this post.

Day/Mon/Date/Year

Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Day/Month/Year.

It's more logical!

 

[Mcupobob]

Day/month/year

That way is more organized and just makes sense.

 

[Eggsnham]

-Le snip-

Day/Month/Year

It just feels more natural.

On a side note, I thought this was going to be one of those incessant "I have 2 girls that like me.. HELP PLOX!" threads. I was glad to see that it wasn't.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Well, I think you should let her go- Oh that kind of date...

Well since I'm from the US I've learned Month/Day/Year which I prefer simply because it's what I know.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

Day/Month/Year always. I have no idea why americans adopted that weirdass month first baloney, but it's nonsensical and ridiculous.

 

[Sparcrypt]

I would say people say 'March 26th' as often as '26th of March'

Flawed logic is flawed

 

[moshineko]

You know, when I saw the title, I thought it meant dating another human, and thought "well, dating is the problem, solve it by not dating."

After reading OP, maybe you should just say/write the full name of the month. Or stop worrying about it so much.

 

[Cpt. Red]

I prefer the ISO 8601 standard of YYYY-MM-DD especially if it's in any kind of official documents or when regarding to computers. DD-MM-YY works as well for regular use but I'm not equally fond of it... Luckily Sweden supports both of these while the ISO 8601 is the standard in the government...

 

[Amarok]

And hear I was thinking I'd be reading about the relationship gripes of a feeble idiot.

I am pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, DD/MM/YYYY is the way, baby. Shortest amount of time to longest. The logic is irrefutable.