The_LED_Museum
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Another poll here...when you write or type a date, do you write it like "02/26/06" or "02-26-06"?
Do you write dates with a ''/'' or a ''-''?
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Morelite
Flashlight Enthusiast
"-"
ACMarina
Flashlight Enthusiast
I don't use either, generally. I use a standard such as this - today is:
26 Feb 2006
Harder to mess up that way..
26 Feb 2006
Harder to mess up that way..
carrot
Flashaholic
Yeah, I like ACMarina's way whenever possible.
Say... Craig, what's up with all these polls all of a sudden?
Say... Craig, what's up with all these polls all of a sudden?
Numbers
Enlightened
same here
26 Feb 2006
26 Feb 2006
idleprocess
Flashaholic
Third vote for the "miltary" date standard. I typically date checks that way and only use the goofy "American" MM/DD/YYYY fotrmat on forms where instructed to.
Europeans have it right with DD/MM/YYYY - at least that makes sense (albeit least-signifigant digit first). I prefer YYYY.MM.DD for my own uses, however - makes it easy to sort dated... anything on a computer.
Europeans have it right with DD/MM/YYYY - at least that makes sense (albeit least-signifigant digit first). I prefer YYYY.MM.DD for my own uses, however - makes it easy to sort dated... anything on a computer.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
It depends on how much room I have to write in the date. 
jtr1962
Flashaholic
Oddly enough, I tend to use "-" on the computer and "/" when writing. Slashes seem to be easier to write quickly but dashes look better. And I always use a four-digit date to remove any ambiguity.
The_LED_Museum
*Retired*
I guess I just got a wild hair up my toliet muscle...I honestly don't know *WHY* I started these poll threads. :cornfused:carrot said:
CLHC
Flashaholic
Most often I use "|" then "." followed by the "-" if at all possible. . .That's all!
PlayboyJoeShmoe
Flashaholic
Today is 2-26-06
I was born on 4-13-60
Any questions?
I was born on 4-13-60
Any questions?
Lately I'm using ISO 8601 format (2006-02-25) in contexts where I'm trying to be careful.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
GG_Blaisdell
Newly Enlightened
Neither. For seven more minutes it's 26FEB06 .
EDIT: Nevermind, the CPF server time is off by 8 or so minutes, so it's really 27FEB06.
EDIT: Nevermind, the CPF server time is off by 8 or so minutes, so it's really 27FEB06.
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cosine
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Fairly evenly both ways. Just depending how my pen flows across the paper or how I feel like typing that day.
attowatt
Enlightened
Neither....
2.26.2006
2.26.2006
cratz2
Flashlight Enthusiast
I tend to almost always write out the month... February 8, 1973... even on applications and whatnot. I think I've used both "/"s and "-"s though.
Mike Painter
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I use a slash when writing and about 90% or more of the time on a computer use
month <space> day and the computer formats properly to a mm/dd/yyyy format.
so 2 27 comes out 2/27/2006
I'm not likely to be around when the Y3k problem arises...
month <space> day and the computer formats properly to a mm/dd/yyyy format.
so 2 27 comes out 2/27/2006
I'm not likely to be around when the Y3k problem arises...
Trashman
Flashlight Enthusiast
Well, I picked slashes, but I noticed today, at work, I used dashes without even thinking about it. If there were a "both" or "either" category, I would pick that one.
Sixpointone
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Although I use both, I guess I primarily use the Backflash.
