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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. what about the lucky sevens? by metasecure · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Canada, where m/d/y is more common we already experienced this on February 8, March 8 and April 8, respectively.

    Life is good living three steps ahead of the taco.

    Personally I look forward to the lucky 7's, 7/7/7, a day where CmdrTaco and I can celebrate our slot machine winnings together.

    1. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by yfkar · · Score: 5, Informative
      Dd/mm/yy seems to be far more common than mm/dd/yy.

      Here's a list of used date formats in various countries. Looks like Canada has them all. ;)

      m/d/y (month, day, year) is used by:

      * Canada (Although most official documents use the y-m-d format, the m/d/y format is also understood due to influences from the United States.)
      * Federated States of Micronesia
      * Palau
      * Philippines (formerly d/m/y. May still be found in certain contexts)
      * United States (Although Independence Day is often referred to as "the Fourth of July.")

    2. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by carnifex0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Maybe we should all use the "Official" ISO date format - YYYY-MM-DD and avoid confusion. I have a system that I administer that uses the ISO dates, and every single one of my users hates it.

    3. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by amliebsch · · Score: 5, Informative

      That's what the military and most "with it" government organization use. I've also adopted myself because (a) it is completely unambiguous and (b) I'm an asshole.

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    4. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by Tower · · Score: 5, Funny

      >I am a native English speaker and have said "It's the 2nd of August, 2006" all my life.

      Well, then... congratulations - For the first time in your life, you are correct!

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      "It's tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head."
    5. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by ReplicantSD1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      All my life, in my surroundings, if someone asked you the date something was going to happen, you'd say "August 22nd"

      Wow, what a boring place. What did you guys do for the other 364 days?

  2. It's funny. Laugh. by linvir · · Score: 5, Funny
    Behold:
    It's funny. Laugh.
    Stay your flamethrower, thou saucy fellow. Nay, let us instead rejoice in the most accurate story in the history of this fine website.
  3. Re:ISO 8601 Please! by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whats ISO 8601? Here in Europe we use ISO 0186 for date formats.

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  4. The Best Day Already Was... by Snowcap557 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I still remember 12:34 pm on May 6, 1978 as the best such thing of all time. It was 1234 on 5/6/78!

  5. Re:SORRY! by Spad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry, but here in Europe, where the current calendar system was invented, we put the day first, so today is 2/8/6!

  6. d/m/y? by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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 :-)"

    Has Y2K taught you nothing? Using a single digit to store the year? You are among programmers! Hang your head in shame!

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