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Posted January 16, 2016
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lazydog: From those islands

here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atP0od7vFjM

I hope you laugh along with it, and the states are responsible for that clock, not the UK.
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Gede: The dirty, evil, lazy bastards! I do like gazpacho! :-)
BTW, is that accent from some particular part of the UK?

... so, historically, before the US gained significance, how did the people in your country read the clock? I am just curious.
LOL perhaps we read the clock before the US gained significance? I looked and it seems no one knows...maybe this can shed some light on it...

That accent is Northern England by the way and was just meant as a laugh, I think you laughed along too!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/dec/16/why-do-americans-write-the-month-before-the-day
Posted January 16, 2016
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Gede: The dirty, evil, lazy bastards! I do like gazpacho! :-)
BTW, is that accent from some particular part of the UK?

... so, historically, before the US gained significance, how did the people in your country read the clock? I am just curious.
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lazydog: LOL perhaps we read the clock before the US gained significance? I looked and it seems no one knows...maybe this can shed some light on it...

That accent is Northern England by the way and was just meant as a laugh, I think you laughed along too!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/dec/16/why-do-americans-write-the-month-before-the-day
I prefer the ISO standard of yyyy-mm-dd
Posted January 17, 2016
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mechmouse: I prefer the ISO standard of yyyy-mm-dd
I remember being briefed to use that when i was working under someone at a computer company, so he could sort his mail by subject and know when the emails came in for his own record keeping.
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