How do Canadians abbreviate dates?

[McNuggetsMan]

To all our friends in the great white north,

I am on a project in Toronto for the next few weeks and I am trying to adjust to all the slightly different spellings up here (centre, cheque, etc.) even though my Canadian clients are too polite to tell me I sound like an American idiot. I need to abbreviate some dates in a time line. How would I do that in Canada. For example January 12, 2011... is that:

1/12/11
or
12/1/11

Thanks for the assist.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Oh, they're all loony about it.

Seriously, they do it the same way Americans do. Although, I believe in Quebec they might do it the day-month-year European way.

 

[JC]

Oh, they're all loony about it.

Seriously, they do it the same way Americans do. Although, I believe in Quebec they might do it the day-month-year European way.

no we don't, it's day, month, year.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Take her to Tim Horton's, say they're going to the bathroom and walk out the back door.

 

[Huggy]

She asked me to kiss her where it stinks so I took her to Hamilton! (Hi, JR!)

 

[JR]

Oh, they're all loony about it.

Seriously, they do it the same way Americans do. Although, I believe in Quebec they might do it the day-month-year European way.

no we don't, it's day, month, year.

It IS day, month, year, although you may find some Canadian branches of US based companies do it the American way.

 

[beardpuller]

They start telling her about Paul Henderson ...

 

[TigerVols]

Oh, they're all loony about it.

Seriously, they do it the same way Americans do. Although, I believe in Quebec they might do it the day-month-year European way.

no we don't, it's day, month, year.

It IS day, month, year, although you may find some Canadian branches of US based companies do it the American way.

Aren't all companies up there branches of US based ones?

 

[JR]

Oh, they're all loony about it.

Seriously, they do it the same way Americans do. Although, I believe in Quebec they might do it the day-month-year European way.

no we don't, it's day, month, year.

It IS day, month, year, although you may find some Canadian branches of US based companies do it the American way.

Aren't all companies up there branches of US based ones?

Not as much as say, 15 years ago. Now the Germans, the Dutch and the Japanese are setting up shot while Canadian companies are doing more investing overseas.

 

[Sic semper tyrannis]

They start telling her about Paul Henderson ...

brilliant

 

[McNuggetsMan]

Thanks guys. I knew I could get a quick answer from SportsJournalists.com.

 

[Huggy]

They start telling her about Paul Henderson ...

...and how he belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame - which he doesn't. (Hi, JJ!)