HAPPY BIRTHDAY XANIEN

Post by **Mik** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:36 pm

Someone though I was canadian the other day, I was not amused.

Post by **Chewi** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:51 pm

Actually I misread Ryan's post, I thought he said there are more people in the US than Canada and that Canada uses our system. My point still stands though. Rest of the world > US + Canada.

Stephanie · Post by **Stephanie** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:19 pm

I completely agree James. haha..The rest of the world IS better than US and Canada.

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:19 pm

last i heard the population of california was about equal to the population of all of canada

Masteroftheweb · Post by **Masteroftheweb** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:18 am

Risika wrote:I completely agree James. haha..The rest of the world IS better than US and Canada.

If you don't like my country, get the hell out of it... god damn. Have you even been to other countries to compare?

P.S. he was talking about poplulation.

P.S.S

India + China > res of the world

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:49 am

Africa > rest of the solar system

Post by **Xanien** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:19 am

Hehe, I was talking about ENGLISH SPEAKING POPULATION. In that case, there are more people Speaking English in the USA than the UK . . . but what about India and the Phillipines? They speak English too. SO, once we deduce what system THEY use, the debate will be solved (somebody find out if India uses that calendar system please?)

Post by **Chewi** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:54 pm

Hahaha! From Wikipedia...

dd/mm/yyyy (day, month, year)
Using the dd/mm/yyyy format, the 30th of December 2006 would be written as 30/12/2006.

The dd/mm/yyyy format is used by:
Albania

Argentina

Australia (d.m.yyyy, i.e. punctuated with full stops, is commonly used in Australia)

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

Belarus

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria (dd.mm.yyyy)

Canada (All 3 main types are used in Canada- in French and in English)

Chile

Colombia

Croatia (d.m.yyyy.)

Cyprus

Czech Republic (d.m.yyyy)

Denmark (often in the fraction form d/m-y otherwise dd-mm-yyyy or dd-mm-yy)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Estonia

Finland (d.m.y)

France

Germany (using dots as in "d.m.(yy)yy", but most often "d. month (yy)yy")

Grenada

Greece

Guyana

Hong Kong (in English)

Iceland

Iran

Ireland

India

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Kenya

Latvia (dd.mm.yyyy is used more often, but official standard is year-month-day)

Macau (in Portuguese & English)

Malaysia

Mexico

Montenegro (d.m.yyyy.)

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway (d.m.y; the fraction form d/m-y is common, but incorrect)

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Serbia (d.m.yyyy)

Slovakia (d.m.yyyy)

Slovenia

Spain

Singapore

Sweden (in the fraction form d/m-y, otherwise yyyy-mm-dd)

Switzerland (dd.mm.yyyy)

Thailand (with Buddhist Era instead of Common Era)

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Ukraine (dd.mm.yyyy)

United Kingdom

Uruguay

Venezuela
m/d/yy (month, day, year)
Using the m/d/yy format, the 30th of December 2006 would be written as 12/30/06. Note that leading zeroes in the month and day are often dropped; for example, the 1st of April 2006 would often be written as 4/1/06.

The m/d/yy format is used by:
Canada (Although most official documents use the yyyy-mm-dd format, the m/d/yy format is also understood due to influences from the United States.)

Federated States of Micronesia

Palau

Philippines (formerly d/m/yy. May still be found in certain contexts)

United States (Although Independence Day is often referred to as "the Fourth of July.")

A few countries, such as Japan, used yyyy/mm/dd, which I think is the most intelligent of the three because as I said above, the natural sorting order matches the chronological order.

Masteroftheweb · Post by **Masteroftheweb** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:37 pm

2007 march 05, sounds so freaking weird to me... 05 march 2007 sounds less weird, but still not what I'm use too.

Stephanie · Post by **Stephanie** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:47 am

*shrugs* All I know...and I think its because my english teacher had us write it this way on our papers, is that I personally write my dates 5 March 07

Post by **Xanien** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:34 am

The only thing confusing in Japan about their system here is that they use a numbering system based on who is currently emperor still. It's the 19th year into the Hesei period right now . . . I was born in the 67th year of the SHowa period or something here ... confusing.

Post by **Mik** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:23 am

well considering we are in the year 2007 After the Death of christ which may or not be accurate I'd say they have something with the whole emperor based system.

Post by **Melana** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:36 am

watches as the whole thread gets debunked
oh well.

I don't get how saying March First, makes sense. I mean are you talking about soldiers marching first or something else entirely. Saying First of March two thousand and seven may take longer but it's got more clarity.

I also have issues with how you guys tell the time. Or maybe it's just how Ben tells the time, i don't know.

Post by **Mik** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:50 pm

heh, what I meant was two atomic clocks on two sides of the planet will run out of sync, a emperor dies new one is 'crowned' ? start again less chance for inaccuracy.

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:10 pm

Very sneaky Les.
but you cant use March as the example like that, most months dont double over as other words.