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The Next Three Days are the x86 Days

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the those-are-the-days dept.

Pinky wrote in to note that "Today, tomorrow and the next day are the only days we'll get dates like this: 2/8/6 3/8/6 4/8/6 like the x86 computers :-)" And yes folks, in the August news cycle vortex, even this strikes my fancy. In recent years we've seen numerical giants like 3/1/4, 6/6/6 and 1/2/3, but now really, what do any of us have to look forward to? Is our future dull and meaningless without cool numbers in dates? Oh the humanity of it all ...

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  1. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by Bryansix · · Score: 0, Troll

    a) It is not completely unambiguous (you can still switch the month and day positions) b) You are an asshole.

    The prefered way that the military uses (you will see this on official orders etc.) is DDMMMYYYY as in 02AUG2006. Each month has a three letter truncation like JAN, FEB, MAR, etc. Any english speaking country will understand this very easily.