Everywhere else on the planet, it goes day, month, year. Chronological order. From small to big.
It's an unfortunate system, similar to America's stubbornness in accepting the metric system, despite it being used by those in the scientific fields.
The tv series takes place in America.
shareI know, but King has a huge international audience, including being translated into many different languages. The name of the book is also called 11.22.63.
shareKing is an American. Why would he not date the title his book as Americans would? The story takes place in America. Why would it not be dated in the title tthe way Americans would write a date?
shareThey also called it 9/11 when it should be 11/9 and also drive on the wrong side of the road. Maybe they're just trying to be different/difficult. 😉
shareI figure driving on the left hand side is safer, as most people are right handed/right eye-dominant, therefore traffic is passing on their right hand side, where their reflexes are better, not their left.
shareThe majority of the world drives on the right.
shareJust different, and a bit arrogant too. They will never adopt it
shareIn America, it's "difficult/different."
shareAgree!
And while we're at it, why in the world did Stieg Larsson write "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in Swedish? Doesn't he know the vast majority of the world doesn't speak Swedish?
But getting back to 11.22.63, did you notice how they kept referring to "President" Kennedy? That's mostly an American term. Why wouldn't they call him "Prime Minister Kennedy"? It would make mush more sense to the rest of the world.
Fuck the rest of the world. Fuck it with the Streely Dan dildo, up the ass with no lube and wielded by any ugly dwarf. Fuck the non-American world HARD FOR HOURS and make a video for spiral upload. Then, just as the rest of the world gives in and starts to LOVE it, we stop.
Fuck the rest of the world.
We also don't usually use periods as the separators between the numbers. 11/22/63 is the way it would generally be written for the short version.
shareWell, if you're thinking that way, then I guess Fahrenheit 451 should be renamed Celsius 232.778... And The Green Mile should be The Green 1.6 Kilometer.
lmao beautiful
shareWell, if you're thinking that way, then I guess Fahrenheit 451 should be renamed Celsius 232.778... And The Green Mile should be The Green 1.6 Kilometer.
This is the most retarded post I ever read on IMDB!
No wonder the Message Board is being axed!!
If you google “22/11/63 book” in Google Images you will see the book was in fact published here and there with the title as 22/11/63.
shareBut when you say the actual words of the date, you go month, day, year. So it would be pronounced November 11th, 1963. So it makes more sense to write it numerically the same way we say it. 11/22/63.
America is victorious once again.
"Everywhere else on the planet, it goes day, month, year. Chronological order. From small to big."
Small to big is ass backwards. When you say or write the time of day do you start with the seconds, then the minutes, then the hour? Obviously not. Big/broad to small/narrow is the logical way of organizing things. Look at how your folders are organized on your computer, for example. Are you familiar with the concept of "narrowing things down"?
In the case of the U.S., we put the year at the end because it changes so infrequently that it's not usually needed for everyday usage of dates. For example, if you made a doctor's appointment on June 25th for the next week, they would just tell you, e.g., July 2nd. For the units of time that change most frequently, we order them the way they are supposed to be ordered, big to small: month/day/hour/minute/second/etc.
"It's an unfortunate system"
No, it's a logical system. Your system is ass backwards, like I said.
"similar to America's stubbornness in accepting the metric system, despite it being used by those in the scientific fields."
That's ironic. Are you using a metric (decimal) clock and calendar yet? No? Why not?