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Originally posted by Tygert
Yes I'm being serious, used to live in Canada and they used a decimal point instead of a comma. One of the things that I've always wondered is why Americans never put their dates from smallest to biggest; day, month, year.

Of course; how slow I was on the uptake. Thank you for your respectful explanation.
Still this wish will be the very, very, very first Happy 14th! Right? lol (13.09.12)

Originally posted by Tygert
Yes I'm being serious, used to live in Canada and they used a decimal point instead of a comma. One of the things that I've always wondered is why Americans never put their dates from smallest to biggest; day, month, year.

Decimal point instead of a comma? Are we still talking about dates because you rarely see that in Canada. In fact, we use the Americanish YYYY/MM/DD system (or MM/DD/YYYY) except for in Quebec I believe.

Originally posted by Zamboner
Decimal point instead of a comma? Are we still talking about dates because you rarely see that in Canada. In fact, we use the Americanish YYYY/MM/DD system (or MM/DD/YYYY) except for in Quebec I believe.

He could have lived in Newfoundland where the ink they use in their pens is watered down and a decimal point sometimes turns because of garvity into what can look like a comma.
I grew up in Quebec and used the DD/MM/YY system but I thought that was throughout Canada. "What's todays date?" "It's the tenth of July, I think."

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
He could have lived in Newfoundland where the ink they use in their pens is watered down and a decimal point sometimes turns because of garvity into what can look like a comma.
I grew up in Quebec and used the DD/MM/YY system but I thought that was throughout Canada. "What's todays date?" "It's the tenth of July, I think."

Coincidentally, I did live in Newfoundland! In Humber Valley Resort, near Corner Brook. It's Yom Kippur now so I have to go.

Where I live we use the 'calendar on the wall' method' the advantage is being able to tell what day it is at glance, one drawback is the confusion that ensues if no one turns the pages over.

Merry Christmas everyone.