How about this…
STARDATES!
(runs off like the geek she is)…
Enter the Trekies
Captain Kirk has a lot to answer for
At last, another Aberdeen based, oilfield trash type!
Erm, which firm? And are you sure it wasn’t you who got taken over?
By the Borg ?
Ok so how would you say a date outloud in other countries? (Serious question)
I say my birthday as “February 11th, 1972”
If I were to put the day first, I’d say “The 11th of February, 1972” but that format doesn’t come up often, if at all.
To say “11th February, 1972” makes it sound like there are 11 Februrarys… so how is it usually said outside the US?
In Oz, I would say the 30th of July 1964.
Or Thirty, Seven, Sixty Four.
I would never say July 30th.
But that’s what you get for asking an Aussie I suppose.
“11th February” is said “11th of February”.
On the other hand, to say “February the 11th” in the American fashion gives the impression that this is the eleventh month ever that was called February - as in “Elizabeth the 2nd”.
Hmm, that last sentence is a mess, but I can’t seem to re-phrase it.
But saying March 6 (not sixth, six) is more efficient than saying The Sixth of March. Takes less time. Thought speed and efficiency was incredibly important to the cadboy
Oh, Boy! We could have a really neat discussion here regarding the Julian date format, the Julian period, and the Julian Calendar!
So, is today 02/215 or 4th May, 2002 (Or has the gap already increased to make it 3d May, 2002?)
I rarely hear it that way. Most Americans would say “February eleventh” not “February the eleventh”
Um, kambuckta dear, I think you meant to say “americanisation”.
“Americanization” is the american spelling of “americanisation”.
Happy Monty Day!
Redboss
And I do hate being the fifty-first to post. It feels so, well, drafty up here at the top of the second page.
I mean you know so many Dopers are going to come and open up the second page and only find one feeble post form me and say “well, that wasn’t worth the trouble, was it?” and, well, I do have a habit of killing threads off.
Please somebody, anybody, post something. I’ll pay handsomely…
Redboss
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Well, there’s allways ** Unix Time **…
(the time, in seconds, that has elapsed since Jan 1, 1970.)
Obscure, useless, AND geeky!
If you’re going to be geeky, do it right.
time() is the number of non leap seconds since the epoch, the epoch being 1/1/1970.
On a Mac, the epoch is different (and more logical).
Ben