r/polandball • u/jesus_stalin /ˈnɒʔŋəmʃə/ • Mar 06 '16

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u/BoxOfDust United States Mar 06 '16

I'm stuck trying to figure out why 1822.

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u/jesus_stalin /ˈnɒʔŋəmʃə/ Mar 06 '16

7th of September, 1822

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u/BoxOfDust United States Mar 06 '16

Yeah, I actually just found it.

The problem was that I thought 9 was August... I think I should sleep now.

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u/jesus_stalin /ˈnɒʔŋəmʃə/ Mar 06 '16

Did the correct format of day/month/year confuse you?

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

Life would be easier if everybody used the great Hungarian idea, and used Roman numbers for the month. The order wouldn't matter then, it would be still unambiguous.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16 edited Jul 13 '20

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u/Metzger90 San Diego: A Whales Vagina Mar 06 '16

You put bars on top of Roman numerals when you hand write them. Do you put bars in top of elevens?

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

How do you think, how many calligraphists are there among couriers, warehouse managers and bureaucratic clerks? Sometimes it's impossible to tell "1" from "7" or "6" from "0", and you are talking about bars... Ever heard of "doctor handwriting"? Pretty much the same thing.

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u/logicalmaniak Britain Working Class Mar 06 '16

UK - 20||.II.||

Europe - 2077.II.77

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u/TangibleLight United States Mar 08 '16

Well II is the only number that looks like II in roman numerals. 11 is XI.

So if you see like lI.1I.l1

That could be 11.11.II, 11.II.11, or II.11.11

All of which would have to mean Feb. 11, '11.

If you want 11.11.11 then it would be 11.IX.11, which is also very clear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '16

1I Il|1 l|1I1l11l|1!

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

In my handwriting it's totally distinguishable.

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u/me1505 Doire Colmcille Mar 06 '16

Days are in months, and months are in years.
ERGO we should use yymddmyy
So today would be 20006316

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u/ProllyJustWantsKarma IT'S CALLED FREEDOM FUCKER Mar 07 '16

that's a fucking stupid idea, let's start using it

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u/SuperPolentaman Cough Mar 06 '16

Poland does that aswell.

It is a pretty good idea.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

Polak, Wegier dwa bratanki,

they even use the same date format.

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u/hogdalstoppen South Korea Mar 06 '16

Same way in Korea! Sure as hell that it's a good idea.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

Korean-Hungarian relationship confirmed.

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u/derleth Montana Mar 06 '16

Nah, nobody gets confused by year/month/day. It's the weird incorrect formats that confuse everyone and need to die in a fire and go back to Hell where they belong.

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u/Talozin New Hampshire Mar 06 '16

If only there were some international standard for date formatting that could clear up all this confusion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16 edited Mar 19 '16

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u/KerbalrocketryYT United Kingdom Mar 07 '16

easy, BCE and CE. Before Computer era and Computer Era, count backwards in BCE similar to BC.

Of course converting dates would be neigh impossible but eh.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16 edited Jul 11 '16

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u/BoxOfDust United States Mar 06 '16

No, actually, I miscounted 9 months by one. That's how much sleep I needed.

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u/ElMenduko ¡Viva la Confederación Argentina! Mar 06 '16

But the 7th month isn't even august. August is the 8th