𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoJapan is on its own wavelength.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down131
arrow-up1727arrow-down1imageJapan is on its own wavelength.lemmy.world𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIn what text? In French we say “14 juillet 1789” We don’t even say “nth day of”
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIn a text like “the research started at 2003-01-24”, or pretty much in any other text where you need to convey all 3 elements. I bet you also don’t say “14 07 1789”, because that’s what MM format means.
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou bet wrong We write AND say “La Révolution a démarré le 14/07/1789” or “La Révolution à démarré le 14 juillet 1789” Spoken numbered month are usually used in an administrative context, to ease the work of our contact.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOh that’s right, the spoken administrative context. Same in my dd-mm-yyyy county actually. Still, I find it less intuitive than the logical yyyy-mm-dd when understanding written text.
In what text?
In French we say “14 juillet 1789”
We don’t even say “nth day of”
In a text like “the research started at 2003-01-24”, or pretty much in any other text where you need to convey all 3 elements.
I bet you also don’t say “14 07 1789”, because that’s what MM format means.
You bet wrong
We write AND say “La Révolution a démarré le 14/07/1789” or “La Révolution à démarré le 14 juillet 1789”
Spoken numbered month are usually used in an administrative context, to ease the work of our contact.
Oh that’s right, the spoken administrative context. Same in my dd-mm-yyyy county actually. Still, I find it less intuitive than the logical yyyy-mm-dd when understanding written text.