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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by koonsolo on Sunday November 05, 2023 @08:20AM (#38150892)
I don't agree. I'm from Belgium and I also use a comma, but that doesn't mean I would put hours and minutes as 8.35 or 8,35. No, it's 8:35.

Numbers with a dot or comma means it's decimal. Your date reference makes no sence because either / or - is used in those cases, not dots or comma's.

Basically, having a dot or comma adds to the confusion when working with non decimal numbers.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by taway1237 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:40PM (#38153419)
>Your date reference makes no sence because either / or - is used in those cases, not dots or comma's.

In my (european) country a dot is used - for example 5.11.2023.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by burnerburnito on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:48PM (#38154899)
Good point, the system would work just as well if it was something like:

w36:2

But it wouldn't cause nearly as much confusion or decimal place issues relating to improper automation.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by kmarc on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:08PM (#38155112)
> Numbers with a dot or comma means it's decimal.

But... It doesn't in IP addresses, version numbers, dates, with different locales, and possibly many other uses.

These examples clearly show that "numbers with a dot" doesn't always mean decimal.

A dot is a dot. Mainly with the _role_ of a separator. When you interpret it, it might mean a _decimal_ separator for you, but as well might mean a thousand-separator for MS excel with the German locale.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by pezezin on Monday November 06, 2023 @08:31AM (#38162340)
That depends on the country. For example, in Japan it is very common to write dates with either a dot, or with the full kanjis for year, month and day.
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