It came and went, and I missed it. How
about you?

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

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Re: Euro Baud Day
By: phigan to All on Fri Dec 06 2024 05:40:18

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Doy! Didn't even occure to me. :/

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Re: Euro Baud Day
By: phigan to All on Fri Dec 06 2024 05:40 am

It came and went, and I missed it. How
about you?

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used everywhere as far as I know.

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Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to phigan on Fri Dec 06 2024 03:27 pm

Re: Euro Baud Day
By: phigan to All on Fri Dec 06 2024 05:40 am

It came and went, and I missed it. How
about you?

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used everywhere as far as I know.

American Baud Day would be March 12th. Get it?
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Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to phigan on Fri Dec 06 2024 03:27 pm

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used everywhere as far as I know.

Because the date is in European format (day/month/year).

Nightfox

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Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

It came and went, and I missed it. How
about you?

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used everywhere as far as I know.

American Baud Day would be March 12th. Get it?

Ahhh, yes. LOL... Well, in the same spirit - Happy belated American
Baud Day to all! Even those who write their dates wrong! ;-)


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Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used everywhere as far as I know.

Because the date is in European format (day/month/year).

Yes, I realize that now. Haha, silly method used by the same folks who
insist on using the metric system. ;-)



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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Sat Dec 07 2024 09:02 am

Ahhh, yes. LOL... Well, in the same spirit - Happy belated American Baud Day to all! Even those who write their dates wrong! ;-)

Day-first date formats make about as much sense to me as minute-first time formats.

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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Codefenix to Gamgee on Sat Dec 07 2024 02:40 pm

Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Sat Dec 07 2024 09:02 am

Ahhh, yes. LOL... Well, in the same spirit - Happy belated American Baud Day to all! Even those who write their dates wrong! ;-)

Day-first date formats make about as much sense to me as minute-first time formats.

Never really thought of it like that. I personally prefer either: YYYY-MM-DD or Mon-DD-YYYY (e.g. Dec 7 2024) - all unambiguous.
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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Digital Man to Codefenix on Sat Dec 07 2024 02:55 pm

Ahhh, yes. LOL... Well, in the same spirit - Happy belated American Baud Day to all! Even those who write their dates wrong! ;-)

Day-first date formats make about as much sense to me as minute-first time formats.

Never really thought of it like that. I personally prefer either: YYYY-MM-DD or Mon-DD-YYYY (e.g. Dec 7 2024) - all unambiguous.

I don't think the rest of the world knows that americans are flexable.
We use 'standard' and metric forms of measurement. we just have a causal method and a more professional or whatever method.

I'm in my late 40s and we were taught the metric system in school. People in other countries don't really understand that; they think we are backwards and behind.

I use fahrenheit personally in a causal setting and have no problem using celcius at work.

A lot of americans understand both.

in regards to date formats i use both but use american style for causal use and the other way for naming my backups.
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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Dec 07 2024 09:02:58

Hi, Gamgee.

Yes, I realize that now. Haha, silly method used by the same folks who insist on using the metric system. ;-)

Yup, the very same folks (i.e. almost everyone outside North America).

I guess we are all wrong, though, because yyyy-mm-dd is the real winner :)

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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Bob Worm to Gamgee on Sun Dec 08 2024 11:07 am

I guess we are all wrong, though, because yyyy-mm-dd is the real winner :)

I agree... and as a filename, it sorts properly.

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Gamgee wrote to Nightfox <=-

Because the date is in European format (day/month/year).

Yes, I realize that now. Haha, silly method used by the same folks who insist on using the metric system. ;-)

I weas just recalling the scene in "Masters of the Air" where 3 airmen
shot down in a bombing raid are taken underground by the resistance.
They ask them a series of questions (How many home runs did Babe Ruth
hit, etc) and then ask them to write down their names and the date they
were shot down.

They all proceed to walk out from the building and the resistance guy
drops back a step and shoots one of them in the head. He'd written the
date in mm/dd/yy, and so they used that to determine he was european and
a spy.





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Codefenix wrote to Gamgee <=-

Day-first date formats make about as much sense to me as minute-first
time formats.

I like to sort. Give me YYYYMMDD any time.

ISO 8601 for the WIN.



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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-

Gamgee wrote to Nightfox <=-

Because the date is in European format (day/month/year).

Yes, I realize that now. Haha, silly method used by the same folks who insist on using the metric system. ;-)

I weas just recalling the scene in "Masters of the Air" where 3 airmen shot down in a bombing raid are taken underground by the resistance.
They ask them a series of questions (How many home runs did Babe Ruth
hit, etc) and then ask them to write down their names and the date they were shot down.

They all proceed to walk out from the building and the resistance guy drops back a step and shoots one of them in the head. He'd written the date in mm/dd/yy, and so they used that to determine he was european
and a spy.

Hmmmm... did you mean to write "dd/mm/yy" there? :-) Because that is
what would identify him as European...



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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Dec 08 2024 07:09 pm

drops back a step and shoots one of them in the head. He'd written the
date in mm/dd/yy, and so they used that to determine he was european and
spy.

Hmmmm... did you mean to write "dd/mm/yy" there? :-) Because that is what would identify him as European...

I am an AMERICAN SPY, apparently, disguised as a German Spy.
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Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Digital Man to Gamgee on Fri Dec 06 2024 16:22:03

Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to phigan on Fri Dec 06 2024 03:27 pm

Re: Euro Baud Day
By: phigan to All on Fri Dec 06 2024 05:40 am

It came and went, and I missed it. How about you?

Happy belated European Baud Day!
(3/12/24)

Why would this be considered "European"? Those baud rates were used
everywhere as far as I know.

American Baud Day would be March 12th. Get it?

I'm such a dumbass :-) took me way too long..
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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Codefenix on Sun Dec 08 2024 03:46 pm

I like to sort. Give me YYYYMMDD any time.

This is the way.

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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Dec 08 2024 07:09 pm

I am an AMERICAN SPY, apparently, disguised as a German Spy.
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In the 1980's where I worked began getting daily reports dated YYYYMMDD.
We used to talk on the phone to another place saying all of the (partial) report plus our data; but now could enter our data to a server, and a hour later get the complete report from the server.
I overheard a Ham radio operator say his workplace was trying to figure a way to sort Daily Records so I told him about my work using YYYYMMDD and he said that would be of help.

As others here do, I use that Date Format for computer files.
In public I write the Military Style DD 3 letter abbrv. for the Month YYYY.
I know it looks weird to other folks who aren't acquainted with Military Style Dates.
Today is: 09Dec2024.

I was fooled too by the European Style that uses Slash Marks or Dashes as separators in the date until I read other comments in this thread.
But I finally caught on.
Ed


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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Codefenix on Sun Dec 08 2024 03:46 pm

Day-first date formats make about as much sense to me as minute-first time formats.

https://i.imgur.com/qpLiMhw.jpeg
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Re: Re: Euro Baud Day
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Codefenix on Sun Dec 08 2024 03:46 pm

https://i.imgur.com/qpLiMhw.jpeg
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THANKS!
That was really cute.
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