…….I don’t refer to the actual terrorist attack.
I’m more concerned about how two different dates are termed similarly.
You see, 26/11 stands for 26th of Nov.
Whereas, 9/11 stands for 11th of Sep!!
Duh!!
Being in the IT field, you get so used to using conventions which are not used on a daily basis (Gosh!! I used the same word thrice!!)
Anyhow, so we work on dates which have the dd-mm-yy format used throughout the world.
Then we use dates which go something like mm-dd-yy or yyyy-mm-dd or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD or YYYY-MM or ….you get the drift!!
So, since the 9/11 took place first, shouldn’t we be coining the term 11/26 for last year’s terrorist attack??
I mean, personally , I have no issues with whatever you may call it…..but it just rankles me a wee bit somewhere inside my head. It doesn’t sync with the rest of the settings.
Aarrgghhh. I guess I need a change!!
Just can’t believe I wrote an entire post on dates!! DATES!!! of ALL the possible topics under the sun!!
I need a break.
ASAP.
Starting NOW.
OnO.
PS: Thats “Over-n-Out” for the uninitiated.
Edited to add : I guess the Media (or the people-responsible-for-coining-phrases) tried to get poetic and set the dates to rhyme!!
Ahh…the Media!! Well, the lesser said about them, the better.
(There was a time in my life when I seriously wanted to get into journalism. Thanking my stars that I didn’t.)
🙂