date formats frustrate me. sometimes is year first, sometimes its month first (rarely if ever do i find the year in the middle). yesterday i wanted to make a peanut butter jelly sandwich and i looked at the jelly jar to double check if it was expired.
the date said “08 08 09”
how are you supposed to know whether that’s aug 8, 2009 or aug 9, 2008?!
i ate the jelly anyway.
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You can usually assume by the country that the product comes from. If it’s US, it USUALLY is formatted M/D/Y. And almost everywhere else, it’s usually D/M/Y.
I’ve never seen an expiration date that listed the year first.
this should help: http://consumerist.com/5120395/cheat-sheet-for-sketchy-food-expiration-codes.html
hahahahaha! oh norman…
Hmmm, good point. Didn’t realize that was confusing. I see it as August 8, 2009
By the way, as a first time visitor, I almost started typing this comment in the “Name” box field because “Leave a Reply” is immediately above it. But then I saw this bigger box. I’m boxly confused.