• N3Cr0@lemmy.world
    325·
    3 days ago

    Don’t go with this psycho! He mixes European style order with US style punctuation.

    • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      Standard in Australia. And common in the UK (it’s traditionally a dot, but slash is more common now).

      But I’m team ISO-8601 when there’s a chance of an international audience. At least where locale information can’t be used.

          • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Is it really switching if that was the way it was traditionally done and they just kept doing it that way?

            • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 days ago

              I think it was primarily a verbal ordering, that later became commonplace written down in the US. If it was written down in that order elsewhere, it would have been with the full text, ie. “July 4th, 1776”. Never something like “07/04/1776”, which I believe was an American invention.

              • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                But wouldn’t that just be an extension of the way of doing things, though? If I’m used to writing “July 4th, 1776”, I wouldn’t start writing “04/07/1776” when that format picked up (which, as I understand things, didn’t really become a widespread norm until computers).

                Unless I’m misunderstanding you, of course (always possible).

                  • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
                    2·
                    2 days ago

                    I’m not sure that’s quite true; here’s an example from King George III doing it the way America does it now (top right corner of the top page):

                    And an example from America in the same century (though I think we’re already in agreement, there):