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Minecraft To Officially Launch 11/11/11

Posted by Unknown on from the cia-plot-to-keep-the-nerds-down dept.

tekgoblin writes "Minecraft has currently sold about 2 million copies and it's still only in beta. However, the developers have just announced that the game will officially launch on 11/11/11. The date 11/11/11 was actually chosen because it falls on the same date as other various game releases, the most notable being Skyrim."

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  1. Which date? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy?
    I wouldn't want to get my dates mixed up.

    1. Re:Which date? by Afforess · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I know you're joking but....

      I like the European date format. dd/mm/yy makes sense, since it goes from the smallest time frame (days), to the largest. The American format seems silly.

      - PS: I'm American.

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    2. Re:Which date? by internettoughguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I know you're joking but....

        I like the European date format. dd/mm/yy makes sense, since it goes from the smallest time frame (days), to the largest. The American format seems silly.

        - PS: I'm American.

      Agreed, but it would also make even more sense to do it big endian, that way it's in line with how we notate time ie; YYYY/MM/DD/hh/mm/ss.

    3. Re:Which date? by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And YYYY/MM/DD sorts very nicely.

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