Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Pet Peeve Time




Have you ever looked at a best before date on a product one to see : 01/11/07 ?

Now does that mean January 11, 2007 or does it mean November 01/2007 ?

There doesn't seem to be any standard set and it must be driving other consumers nuts as well as me. That product is either outdated or not, who knows?

And it's not just expiry dates that can be confusing. Any one writing a date without using the Month name and is indicating any day or month by numeral under 13 is going to piss someone off somewhere.

Can't we make a universal law of month day year order that we can all (everyone in the world) agree on?