Happy palindrome day (1 Viewer)

I love numbers like these

also numbers like 12/12/2012 (not sure if that is the same thing as a palindrome though)
 
those shapes aren't representative of anything really
the US system should have the pyramid shape
month = the smallest potential number (1-12)
days are next (1-31)
and years next (0-99)
smallest to largest - like a pyramid
They represent units of time. A day is the smallest (shortest) unit, then month, then year.

And days have numbers as potentially small as months so that doesn’t make sense, but you could say days have potentially larger numbers than months. There’s so much overlap though, with day numbers being potentially larger or smaller than month numbers, that it shouldn’t factor into the order.
 
They represent units of time. A day is the smallest (shortest) unit, then month, then year.

And days have numbers as potentially small as months so that doesn’t make sense, but you could say days have potentially larger numbers than months. There’s so much overlap though, with day numbers being potentially larger or smaller than month numbers, that it shouldn’t factor into the order.
Then maybe you want to start with the one that has coded information
Starting with month gives you a ballpark sense of weather
Starting with days- not so much
 
When speaking, we (Americans) typically put the month before the year, though.

"What's your birthday?"

"January 15th."

"What's your birth date?"

"January 15th, 1979."

So there is some logical sense to abbreviating the date numerically as month/date/year.
 
Then maybe you want to start with the one that has coded information
Starting with month gives you a ballpark sense of weather
Starting with days- not so much
Speaking of coding, that's one of the reasons to order the date yyyy/mm/dd -- it's easiest, computationally, to put dates in order with this format. Not the same coding you're talking about, but more important.

A primary bit of information you're getting from the date being the weather, that's a stretch, lol. We generally know what year or month we're in without thinking about it much. The day is what we most commonly question, so you could say it's the most relevant info, an argument for it being first in order.
 
When speaking, we (Americans) typically put the month before the year, though.

"What's your birthday?"

"January 15th."

"What's your birth date?"

"January 15th, 1979."

So there is some logical sense to abbreviating the date numerically as month/date/year.

Yeah, this has something to do with it I think. Seems we borrowed our date ordering from England but they went on to follow the rest of Europe, while we kept their disorder. Logically, it makes no less sense to say 15th January, 1979. It's more formal convention than logic.

Edit: on second thought, 15th January makes it sound like there are 15 Januaries. You'd have to say 15th of January I suppose, and some people do.
 
A primary bit of information you're getting from the date being the weather, that's a stretch, lol. We generally know what year or month we're in without thinking about it much. The day is what we most commonly question, so you could say it's the most relevant info, an argument for it being first in order.
that's all only true for the present
being able to determine past/future dates by them being mardi gras or hurricane or football or holiday approximate can be very important
 
"A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal – Panama!"
Kudos for the halenesque exclamatory. How did anybody figure that one out?
 

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