Talk:2562: Formatting Meeting - Revision history

Twisted Code: Reply and suggestion to rewrite last paragraph (I probably won't remember when I'm awake enough)

2023-07-28T03:01:18Z

Reply and suggestion to rewrite last paragraph (I probably won't remember when I'm awake enough)

Twisted Code: FTFY, unsigned anonymous

2023-07-28T02:52:56Z

FTFY, unsigned anonymous

Twisted Code at 02:47, 28 July 2023

2023-07-28T02:47:05Z

108.162.250.234: making a joke

2022-01-30T12:08:28Z

making a joke

Arikb at 10:57, 19 January 2022

2022-01-19T10:57:14Z

Arikb at 10:56, 19 January 2022

2022-01-19T10:56:22Z

141.101.104.8 at 15:04, 5 January 2022

2022-01-05T15:04:06Z

Lupo at 08:17, 5 January 2022

2022-01-05T08:17:47Z

172.70.131.70 at 06:26, 5 January 2022

2022-01-05T06:26:24Z

172.70.126.87: Updated correct date for France

2022-01-05T06:11:30Z

Updated correct date for France

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	My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.” --{{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.234\|12:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)}}		My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.” --{{unsigned ip\|108.162.250.234\|12:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)}}
	:That works, or alternatively we could have "10.500" which suggests dividing someone in half, but becomes unambiguous because that makes no sense.--[[User:Twisted Code\|Twisted Code]] ([[User talk:Twisted Code\|talk]]) 02:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)		:That works, or alternatively we could have "10.500" which suggests dividing someone in half, but becomes unambiguous because that makes no sense.--[[User:Twisted Code\|Twisted Code]] ([[User talk:Twisted Code\|talk]]) 02:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I think whoever wrote the last paragraph of the explanation might bbe overthinking it. The title text doesn't say anything about the ISO specification, only big endianness. People who put the most significant digits first, big Indians, could have —regardless of ISO— interpreted the date as March 22, 2002. I think that paragraph should be rewritten but it's too big for me to rewrite when my brain is about ready to sleep (And I'll probably forget after I do sleep). Anyone more awake want to give it a try?--[[User:Twisted Code\|Twisted Code]] ([[User talk:Twisted Code\|talk]]) 03:01, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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 For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
-My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.” --Someone who forgot to sign
+My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.” --{{unsigned ip|108.162.250.234|12:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)}}
 :That works, or alternatively we could have "10.500" which suggests dividing someone in half, but becomes unambiguous because that makes no sense.--[[User:Twisted Code|Twisted Code]] ([[User talk:Twisted Code|talk]]) 02:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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	For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)		For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

−	My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.”	+	My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.” --Someone who forgot to sign
		+	:That works, or alternatively we could have "10.500" which suggests dividing someone in half, but becomes unambiguous because that makes no sense.--[[User:Twisted Code\|Twisted Code]] ([[User talk:Twisted Code\|talk]]) 02:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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	For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)		For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
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		+	My alt caption: “100,000 attendees are expected.”

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	::With a leading null (if necessary) for dd.mm.yy is vastly more common: 02.03.09 is 2009-03-02. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.8\|141.101.104.8]] 15:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)		::With a leading null (if necessary) for dd.mm.yy is vastly more common: 02.03.09 is 2009-03-02. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.8\|141.101.104.8]] 15:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

−	For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]])	+	For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]]) 10:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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	Since everyone is adding the common formats from their European country here is the traditional German one: dd.mm.(yy)yy - so the 2nd of March this year would be 2.3.22 (or 2.3.2022 - or even to show that there is something omitted: 2.3.'22) Haven't seen a slash or dash being used in date formatting by a German who is writing in German. But working in an international setting of course brings forward all kinds of hybrids, when Germans write in English, etc. --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 08:17, 5 January 2022 (UTC)		Since everyone is adding the common formats from their European country here is the traditional German one: dd.mm.(yy)yy - so the 2nd of March this year would be 2.3.22 (or 2.3.2022 - or even to show that there is something omitted: 2.3.'22) Haven't seen a slash or dash being used in date formatting by a German who is writing in German. But working in an international setting of course brings forward all kinds of hybrids, when Germans write in English, etc. --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 08:17, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
	::With a leading null (if necessary) for dd.mm.yy is vastly more common: 02.03.09 is 2009-03-02. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.8\|141.101.104.8]] 15:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)		::With a leading null (if necessary) for dd.mm.yy is vastly more common: 02.03.09 is 2009-03-02. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.8\|141.101.104.8]] 15:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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		+	For this reason and this reason alone I have always timed the dates I have important identity documents issued to not happen on the first 12 days of a calendar month. I have so far been quite successful with that, and possess no identity document issued before the 13th of any month. I don't know how much it saves me in filling all sorts of official documents and visa forms but I know people who got into trouble because of this confusion and been held back in immigration or other places. My birthday also happens to be later in the month so that's not a problem although not by my design at least. Yes, I know that having the day of the month the same as the month also avoids this confusion, but trying to predict the issue date of documents based on the application date that precisely is not within my abilities. [[User:Arikb\|Arikb]] ([[User talk:Arikb\|talk]])

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 ::Don’t you mean 13 Nivôse CCXXX --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.131.70|172.70.131.70]] 06:26, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 ::In Denmark we usually write 2/3 2022 for March 2nd. I would of course prefer 2022-03-02. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:48, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
+:::In Germany we use dots as separators: 2022-03-02 => 02.03.2022 or 02. März 2022. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.8|141.101.104.8]] 15:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 The discussion of currency seems way too much for something that isn't actually part of the comic. I believe it would be better in trivia, if part of the article at all. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 13:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
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 Since everyone is adding the common formats from their European country here is the traditional German one: dd.mm.(yy)yy - so the 2nd of March this year would be 2.3.22 (or 2.3.2022 - or even to show that there is something omitted: 2.3.'22) Haven't seen a slash or dash being used in date formatting by a German who is writing in German. But working in an international setting of course brings forward all kinds of hybrids, when Germans write in English, etc. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 08:17, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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	Isn't the joke really that there was originally only one localization working group, but they were inept at localization? The group set a date for its next meeting, but did not consider that people in different regions would interpret the date differently. Now, in order to cover up their incompetence, the group is pretending they meant to have two separate meetings based on the two interpretations of the date. At least, I thought that was funnier... {{unsigned ip\|172.70.114.253}}		Isn't the joke really that there was originally only one localization working group, but they were inept at localization? The group set a date for its next meeting, but did not consider that people in different regions would interpret the date differently. Now, in order to cover up their incompetence, the group is pretending they meant to have two separate meetings based on the two interpretations of the date. At least, I thought that was funnier... {{unsigned ip\|172.70.114.253}}
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		+	Since everyone is adding the common formats from their European country here is the traditional German one: dd.mm.(yy)yy - so the 2nd of March this year would be 2.3.22 (or 2.3.2022 - or even to show that there is something omitted: 2.3.'22) Haven't seen a slash or dash being used in date formatting by a German who is writing in German. But working in an international setting of course brings forward all kinds of hybrids, when Germans write in English, etc. --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 08:17, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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 ::We use the same notations as you in France (and it's very rare when our two countries do the same thing), so I'm not sure the "rarely used as a separator" is correct. [[User:Cochonou|Cochonou]] ([[User talk:Cochonou|talk]]) 17:32, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 :In France we mainly use slashes, with DD/MM/(YY)YY, so yeah not at all and we're always really confused with USian dates, even more because it's not reflected in our language (January the 2nd of 2022 => 2 janvier 2022). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.233|108.162.229.233]] 19:16, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 ::In Denmark we usually write 2/3 2022 for March 2nd. I would of course prefer 2022-03-02. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:48, 3 January 2022 (UTC)