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jimbo;941839 wrote: this is the day i have been dreading , england and some other contries put the day first then the month ,but america and other countries put the month first then the day





on the eighth of the eighth how do we know what day we are in or what month has any one got any tips so as i dont get confused :thinking::thinking:



08/08/08 help :confused:
All ya gotta do is add them all up, times by 2, divide by 3 then divide by 2 and you get Tuesday.. Simple really.
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jimbo;941839 wrote: this is the day i have been dreading , england and some other contries put the day first then the month ,but america and other countries put the month first then the day





on the eighth of the eighth how do we know what day we are in or what month has any one got any tips so as i dont get confused :thinking::thinking:



08/08/08 help :confused:


You're lucky - we also run dates as yy/mm/dd so I'll be even more confused.

What format are you using?



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jimbo;941852 wrote: but tuesday on which month :thinking::thinking:
Thats a whole different equation.
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jimbo;941852 wrote: but tuesday on which month :thinking::thinking:
I meant to say.. Who cares?:rolleyes:
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fuzzy butt;942337 wrote: I've just been trying to figure out all the other calendars of the world and quite frankly I'll stick to the 08/08/08 as my only problem:D:-2

http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/ca ... other.html


Some years ago I accepted a challenge to calculate the repeat period of various calendars. The Gregorian calendar was relatively easy with a repeat every four thousand years or so but, for example, the Jewish calendar had a huge repeat pattern due to the complexity of the rules.
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fuzzy butt;942365 wrote: :-2:-3 were you bored or something ?:p


Usually :wah:

It keeps me from thinking.
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jimbo;941839 wrote: this is the day i have been dreading , england and some other contries put the day first then the month


Switch the 8's around. ;)
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