it was moved from denmark to west coast of the USA

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Being American, I'm really pleased to have the proper form to the dates, instead of that wacko European day first, month second style.

Sir S

Whacko?!
Are you trying out a new breed of "humor" or do you mean it...?
Whacko...


Careful what you wish... You just might get it.

Wacko...? I thought the date was pretty exact... and i live in Sweden And now it moves Get back over here, you wacko time

wack·o ( (wk) also whack·o (hwk, wk)
n. Slang pl. wack·os
A person regarded as eccentric or irrational: “a catchy pop portrait of a wacko who talks to himself in French” (Phoebe Hoban).

adj.
Wacky.

@Chetnik, merely a poke of fun on my part.

But from a purely serious point of view, the European way of presenting dates is a bit whacko. From a bookkeeping point of view, which is why we have dates in the first place, it is easier to keep track of records when the first number is the month because you have already elminated 11 other months of records without having to look further. Whereas if you have it recorded by day first, the day could be in any of the 12 months throughout the year. Personally I wish we started with year first, month second, and day last. Then record keeping would be even easier.

Sir S

As a European, it might be easy for bookkeeping but the world doesn't spin because of it.
secondly, there are other differences also.

Date:
21/03/2004

Europe would say: one and twenty, march two thousand four
America would say: march, twenty first, two thousand and four

Time:
09:20

Europe would say: 10 min. to half 10.
while americans would say: 20 min past nine.

SO: it depends where you live to determine the best style etc.

Domination through Demolition!

@Geekus Maximus: You have no idea how well your nickname describes you... BTW, I know what wacko (or whacko) means, I just didn't understand why is our date/time format any more whacko than American...

@E-EXTREEM: That's an oversimplificaton and stereotyping + a bit of ignorance...

@Sir Spectre: This is not a bookkeeping site, so... There goes the practical reason. The only true argument here is force of habbit.