Dear History of Science Community,
The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (CHSI) at Harvard
University would like to invite you to an informal gathering during this year's
HSS Annual Meeting, held in Boston. We will open our museum doors on Friday, 22
November 2013 from 7:30pm to
Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I missed it,
but will go for another try this PM.
-Bill
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You can also come to Europe, Bill.
In my country, 11/12/13 is the eleventh day of December 2013
Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with
a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch):
In Canada, I am waiting for 13-12-11 10:09 = 2013, December 11th at
10:09 in the morning.
On 2013-11-12 13:43, Willy Leenders wrote:
You can also come to Europe, Bill.
In my country, 11/12/13 is the eleventh day of December 2013
Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
Visit my website
Come over to Europe and get a second chance. Here we have 11/12/13 in
December (and be present at 14:15!)
Thibaud
At 19:18 12-11-2013, Bill Gottesman wrote:
Did anyone catch this auspicious moment, 08:09:10 11/12/13? I
missed it, but will go for another try this PM.
-Bill
This has always been a pet peeve of mine!
All of these differing date formats are confusing, as you can never really be
sure which one people are using. Here in Canada, it's even worse because some
people put the month first like in the USA and others put the day first and yet
others put the
I couldn't agree more about the confusion Paul. But as an Australian, I find
the US system close to an abomination. But the non-US system(s) will gradually
fade as Bill Gates continues his inexorable Americanisation (i.e.
bastardisation) of the English language, and people are too lazy or
Hi,
My father told me that during WWII in London, the 'date problem' was a
constant hazard between the British and the American commands, and that,
as in John Pickard's herbarium, they eventually standardised on using
Roman Numerals for the months.
best wishes,
Peter
On 13/11/2013 10:17
