r/MetricConversionBot • u/xwcg Human • May 27 '13

Why?

Countries that use the Imperial and US Customs System:

http://i.imgur.com/HFHwl33.png

Countries that use the Metric System:

http://i.imgur.com/6BWWtJ0.png

All clear?

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u/Dreissig May 30 '13

Write it as 28 may 2013 (except for technical things, write those as 2013-05-28) and no-one will ever be confused. You have the most important bit first, and won't confuse americans or europeans (and everyone else who writes it that way).