cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/fns/p/617670/not-a-date-to-celebrate
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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"January 26 15" at the top. I mean, even translating that from American date format, it still doesn't make sense unless the poster was originally made for Australia day 2015..
Again though, nothing against the statement being made, I am in the "Australia day isn't a celebration" camp too. Just a shame the date format isn't Australian date format. It detracts from the effectiveness of the statement by making the incorrect date format the focus, rather than the statement being made.
Thats "is" not "15", a fair mistake to make the font does make it look like a 15
That says is not 15.
Yeah I know that now. 😊
It was a fair enough mistake tho, bad font choice.
That’s IS not 15
Fair enough, although "January 26" is still American date format, not Australian date format.
Anyway, not trying to cause an argument or anything, just pointing out some tips you might like to pass on to the graphic designer and marketing team. I'll see myself out.
We have no standard for if we say 26 of Jan or Jan 26th. The only standard we have is for de/mm/yyyy format.
Actually we do have an official standard for both short and long date. It's "day month year", not "month day". Short dates are d/m/yyyy, long dates are dd mmm yyyy. https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/style-manual-resources/quick-guides/quick-guide-dates-and-time#%3A%7E%3Atext=at+midday+tomorrow.-%2CDates%2C-Use+the+%27day
That's for "Australian Government content", it's not the standard for vernacular Australian English.
I tend to disagree. The only people I know who use American date format pf mmm dd are either heavily influenced by American culture, media and other sourced like these, or are actually from a country which uses mmm dd date formats. The vernacular that I've experienced over 3 states and 5 cities on the east coast of Australia is "day month".
Anyway, as I said, I'm not here to argue with you. I feel as this thread is just detracting more and more from your point (which I agree with) that Australia day is not a day of celebration.. So how about we agree to disagree on the date format and move on.
And I likewise have never heard anyone have a strong preference in conversation on this. The only thing I would say is odd is the lack of ordinal suffix, it should be January 26th.
I think the lack of ordinal suffixes seems to be an increasingly (non-format-specific) common thing across many date formats and date vernaculars. I still add it when Im saying dates out loud or writing emails (eg "26th January" vs "26 January") because it sounds less mechanical and robotic.
Probably doesn't help that I'm autistic and omitting tiny little details like that give me eye twitches.. Lol