[10:04] <Marvin_> hey there Canadians
[11:34] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[13:04] <Marvin_> hey there
[13:04] <Marvin_> i have some quick questions
[13:07] <BluesKaj> Marvin_, best to ask in  #ubuntu
[13:07] <Marvin_> it's Canada-related XD
[13:35] <BluesKaj> ok Marvin_ ..what are your questions ?
[13:36] <Marvin_> what is the most prevalent? 12 hour or 24 hour clocks?
[13:36] <Marvin_> as well as in writing and speech
[13:36] <BluesKaj> 12 hr mostly
[13:37] <BluesKaj> AM:PM
[13:37] <Marvin_> and date format?
[13:37] <Marvin_> (the canadian locale on my computer shows 23 September)
[13:38] <BluesKaj> we use both month day yr, and day month yr ...confusing at times
[13:38] <Marvin_> I see
[13:39] <Marvin_> colour or colour?
[13:39] <BluesKaj> my date shows yr/month/day in the panel
[13:39] <Marvin_> i mean color or colour lol
[13:39] <Marvin_> that's the ISO standard yes :)
[13:39] <BluesKaj> colour mostly
[13:40] <Marvin_> ok
[13:40] <Marvin_> metric or US system?
[13:41] <BluesKaj> Ilike the ISO std .it would solve some problems here
[13:41] <Marvin_> :P
[13:41] <BluesKaj> metric is official in Canada , altho we still use the british imperial measure which used to be the std til 1976
[13:42] <BluesKaj> not us gals etc ...if it's us measure then it's specified
[13:42] <BluesKaj> err US
[13:43] <Marvin_> ok
[13:45] <BluesKaj> US gal is 128oz , British/Canadian is 160 oz ...just as an example
[13:48] <Marvin_> wow :O
[13:48] <BluesKaj> Marvin_, but all measure is metric in retail stores, fuel stations etc ...I'm used to all 3 measures since I worked in a Lab for 32 yrs and we were constantly doing conversions
[13:49] <Marvin_> ok lol
[13:49] <Marvin_> so, 12h, all date formats, Canadian spelling, metric, anything else I forgot?
[13:50] <BluesKaj> we were so used to doing them , that we could do quick calcs in our heads for estaimates etc
[13:52] <BluesKaj> I can't think of anything to add right now , but if you encounter something . just ask :)
[16:09] <Marvin_> BluesKaj: you there?
[17:05] <dscassel_> Marvin_: I think the official Canadian standard is to use ISO dates.  But it's not terribly common.
[17:05] <dscassel_> I can never remember if the British or American format is more common.  I hate both of them.
[17:07] <dscassel> Also, time depends a little bit on province. Quebec uses french 23h00 format.
[17:09] <dscassel> Also, Canadian spelling is a weird mix of US and Britain.  Colour but realize.
[18:24] <Marvin_> dscassel:
[18:25] <Marvin_> I use YYYY-MM-DD to avoid confusion when communicating with americans and europeans
[18:26] <dscassel> Excellent. :)
[18:26] <Marvin_> when i set my mac to use the canadian locale, it switches the date to 23 Sep
[18:27] <dscassel> Yeah, Ubuntu as well.
[18:27] <Marvin_> so i think when you write it out, you have to use day-month-year though
[18:27] <Marvin_> yeah, so not Sep 23 (the american way)
[18:27] <Marvin_> I chose US English though since that's more common
[18:28] <Marvin_> and went with 12h for the clock
[18:29] <Marvin_> so I conform to all canadian settings except for the spelling, which i hope you understand