14 March
2014
Millions “worldwide” do NOT celebrate Pi day today
USA Today Tech Section front page carries an article that declares in its first statement “millions worldwide celebrate Pi day today” (today being 3.14). That led me to the curiosity question – how many countries follow MDY format for dates? Who are these other “worldwide” folks? Want to take a guess? Only USA!!! Okay, I am discounting Belize!
More than 10 times the population of USA in this world write their dates in DMY format. That should mean they would celebrate July 22 (22/7) as Pi day.
China – with more than four times the population of USA – follows another format – YMD.
But then, we will come up with any excuse to eat some more pie!!! 🙂
Ha ha ha so true
My children have a party of PI(pie) day in their Math classes today
Keya, did you get my voicemail?
I love your logic! Happy Pi Day, regardless!
Thank you Claire ! I always thought that there was something “irrational” about a Pi day 🙂 Get it? 🙂 🙂
Gotcha, ha ha ha!!
This is Pi month .. so long as you don’t use the Oracle notation 🙂
i celebrate it on july 22nd.
Hm. When strictly numeric, I recall using m/d/y format when I was growing up… Definitely not d/m.
Did you see the Pi puzzle in NY Times in the Wordplay section? It is right up your alley.
no i did not. what did it say?
Well a puzzle – my wee sized brain cannot solve. Let me send you the link. You can take a crack at it.
cool
http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/pi/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Numberplay&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0
i just read it. Amazing. And surely outside my ability….
Cupcakes and cookies for my kids.