11/4....or 4/11?

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 04/11/2015 at 15:17 • Filed to: Dates

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For most of the world today is 11/4/15. If, though, you're an American it's 4/11/15.

So, if you're a Canadian what do you do? Is it different if you're a Canadian as opposed to un(e) Canadien(ne)?

For Sweden > Cé hé sin 04/11/2015 at 15:24

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If you are Canadian you're still in denial about your overwhelming American-ness.

CTSenVy > Cé hé sin 04/11/2015 at 15:29

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If you're Canadian, it's four days till hockey playoffs. Time start the beard.

Baeromez > Cé hé sin 04/11/2015 at 15:35

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Well Canada is in America...

Cé hé sin > Baeromez 04/11/2015 at 15:46

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As is Chile and as far as I can make out it's 11 de abril there.

Baeromez > Cé hé sin 04/11/2015 at 15:55

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Seriously though, I always assumed that we used the month-first notation because it's giving you the information in order of importance. You can tell a lot more (about say, weather or natural happenings) from what month it is than from what year it is. Likewise, the day of the month is basically useless without knowing which month it is first.

Cé hé sin > Baeromez 04/11/2015 at 16:35

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Maybe so, but that would give you yy/mm/dd which is the ISO standard but not much used in everyday life.

I understand dd/mm/yy came from tradition, old documents used to say something like "this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1695". The American terminology probably comes from saying "April the 11th" rather than "the 11th of April".

Baeromez > Cé hé sin 04/11/2015 at 16:47

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Right, I'm saying the month is the most important part of the date and the year is the least important (at least until time traveling is invented).

Autofixation > Cé hé sin 04/12/2015 at 00:34

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I like writing it the way the Army taught me: 11Apr15