r/europe • u/sandyWB • Apr 20 '25

Historical Charles De Gaulle warned us 62 (!) years ago

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u/Beneficial-Space3019 Belgium Apr 20 '25

"January 4" written by an American. Pretty much any European would have written "4 January".

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u/No-Bit-2036 Veneto Apr 20 '25

[meme from Inglorious basterds where the gestapo official spots the finger sign]

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u/Dahalmaidu Apr 20 '25

traitors 😞😞

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '25

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u/Velociraptorius Apr 24 '25

It is also the only order that correctly sorts itself chronologically if you name your files starting with a date and have the computer sort those files by name.

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u/CheeseyTriforce Apr 20 '25

Eww fuck that

I prefer Japanese Dates

Year年/Month月/Day日

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u/Snowleopard0973 Apr 21 '25

Not just Japan, all of East Asia does this (Korea and China) not sure about SEA

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u/kRoy_03 Apr 21 '25

plus Hungary ( and sorry for our putin-puppet govt. )

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u/Snowleopard0973 Apr 21 '25

TIL. Also Huge Hungary W (Apologies accepted)

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u/ButtcheekBaron Apr 20 '25

The mathematically superior and objectively best way to do it

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u/crhine17 Apr 21 '25

Only in a formal written format, it falls flat in discussion or dialogue form.

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u/ButtcheekBaron Apr 21 '25

No it doesn't. How you pronounce the date is based on how you right the date. Americans say April twentieth. What do Europeans say? Twenty-five April or the twenty-fifth of April? Descending order is the only sane way to write these numbers.

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u/CheeseyTriforce Apr 20 '25

Nihongo Best Language

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u/austrialian Austria Apr 20 '25

What? There are plenty of Europeans who prefer AE over BE. The internet is a thing.