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Now that I'm looking closely, they have an internationalisation flaw: the dates are all in American format. "Italy 09/30/2016" should be 30/09/2016, for example.



Which is why we should all use YYYY-MM-DD in writing. Say it however you like.


Orrr... we should all do it the sensible way of day/month/year. Well, almost everyone already does.


Sure -- in a database, or logfiles.

But it's not unreasonable to write the date the way it is spoken. I say "[Tuesday the] fourth of October, twenty-sixteen", so I write 4/10/2016.


And many Americans (myself included) say, "October fourth, twenty-sixteen." We do write it as we say it, just as you suggested. And there's the issue. Are we simply "wrong" for saying it that way?




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