innermeerkat@jlai.lu to memes@lemmy.world · 4 days agoPerfect datejlai.luimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down197
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minus-squareParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI think written abbreviated it was always eg. 4 Jul 1776, 4.7.1776 in Europe (UK/France/Germany)
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI’m not sure that’s quite true; here’s an example from King George III doing it the way America does it now (top right corner of the top page): And an example from America in the same century (though I think we’re already in agreement, there):
I think written abbreviated it was always eg. 4 Jul 1776, 4.7.1776 in Europe (UK/France/Germany)
I’m not sure that’s quite true; here’s an example from King George III doing it the way America does it now (top right corner of the top page):
And an example from America in the same century (though I think we’re already in agreement, there):