Comments on: The Issue with American “Date” Format http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itproject/the-issue-with-american-%e2%80%9cdate%e2%80%9d-format/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gilly400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itproject/the-issue-with-american-%e2%80%9cdate%e2%80%9d-format/#comment-75 Gilly400 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:13:22 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itproject/?p=265#comment-75 Hi Yusuf, I believe the history behind this is down to how people talk - in the US people say the February the 25th, in the UK people say the 25th of February. Therefore, US dates are Month, Day, Year and UK dates are Day, Month, Year. I believe that Japanese dates have yet another format. Whenever you're dealing with different countries there are inevitably differences in how certain things are written. Decimals in the UK and US are indicated with a full stop or period and thousands are indicated with a comma, whereas in many european countries decimals are indicated with a comma and thousands are indicated with a full stop or period. This can also lead to great confusion - ten thousand would be 10,000.00 in the UK and US, but it would be 10.000,00 in europe. By the way, February isn't month 3 in the US (or anywhere else as far as I know) - but I guess that's just a typo... Keep up the good work with the blog - always nice to read. Regards, Martin Gilbert. Hi Yusuf,

I believe the history behind this is down to how people talk - in the US people say the February the 25th, in the UK people say the 25th of February. Therefore, US dates are Month, Day, Year and UK dates are Day, Month, Year. I believe that Japanese dates have yet another format.

Whenever you’re dealing with different countries there are inevitably differences in how certain things are written. Decimals in the UK and US are indicated with a full stop or period and thousands are indicated with a comma, whereas in many european countries decimals are indicated with a comma and thousands are indicated with a full stop or period. This can also lead to great confusion - ten thousand would be 10,000.00 in the UK and US, but it would be 10.000,00 in europe.

By the way, February isn’t month 3 in the US (or anywhere else as far as I know) - but I guess that’s just a typo…

Keep up the good work with the blog - always nice to read.

Regards,

Martin Gilbert.

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