Well, that's my point entirely, we have already celebrated pi day here at the beginning of January but it seems you Americans are late to party, again :)
Ever had your leg pulled? :) 2009/3/4 Rex <[email protected]>: > Ahh, my bad. That keeps the slash at the decimal point too. I must note > that our date convention gets a bit higher resolution from just the day. > > 3/1 4:15:9.265 could be done. You'll have to wait until next year. > Actually we can celebrate earlier in March with the same scheme. > > I hope we can avoid an international committee to set a new standard. In > my view, any or all honoring the series are valid but I think we should > require beginning from the beginning to make the options somewhat > finite. And someone else already decided 3/14 was "pi day". Changing it > now would be like redefining "talk like a pirate day" > (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/). > > > Steve Rooke wrote: >> But the 3rd of January does exist and it was first named by William >> Jones in 1707 who was Welsh so perhaps the pi day should not be >> claimed by the Americans after all. >> >> 73, Steve >> >> 2009/3/4 Rex <[email protected]>: >> >>> I think you will need to stay with the American style dates for >>> traditional pi day, no? >>> >>> According to my calendar 31/4 doesn't exist. >>> >>> >>> Steve Rooke wrote: >>> >>>> Don't forget that some countries put the day in front of the month, >>>> IE. it's 4th March here right now. This would mean that these days >>>> would have to celebrated at different times in different countries. >>>> >>>> 2009/3/4 Rex <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I don't recall this discussion here before, but it should be a good time >>>>> sink. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
