AP.net Question: Dashes, Slashes, or Dots (Oh My!)?

[Adrian Villagomez]

The AP.net staff is trying to decide which form of punctuation would work best when it comes to news posts containing the day's date (example (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1395931)).

Should we used dashes: Reviews (10-28-09)

Slashes: Reviews (10/28/09)

Or periods: Reviews (10.28.09)

Let us know which you prefer.

[voncorn]

I've always used slashes, but I like how periods look too.

[Blake Solomon]

periods

[bard]

slashes

also, i didn't realize that this was an issue...

[Adam Pfleider]

Apples

[MADSTA]

1. Dashes
2. Slashes
3. Dots

Though I don't favour dashes over slashes that much. Just not periods plz.

[Travis Parno]

&!

[jay_klinkhammer]

periods. Ladies probably support that too.


/lame joke

[nolan182]

slashes

[FueledByRock]

Periods. They don't take up too much room and they don't take the eye away from the numbers. Apples would be pretty funny, though.
102809!

[whenyourearound]

I always use slashes, but periods look pretty snazzy though.

[thaianna]

i use them all depending on where and for what I'm writing
But mostly its Slashes

[kbi the crowing]

I voted for periods, I like they way they look.
as long as dashes don't win, I'll be pleased.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

I'm partial to slashes.

[Garett Press]

periods, any time of the day month

[threepunchjim]

3UxYHvsoKNI

haha i immediately thought of this.

[Neo Cassady]

I like how periods look (not like that, you sickos), but since the rest of the site uses slashes, I think it should stay that way.

[Say Nothing]

SLASHES!
Please don't do periods....That would annoy the hell out of me

[AussieBoy]

slashes


and the proper way of writing the date (day/month/year eg 28/03/09)

and while your at it, metric and celcius

[LamarVannoy]

slashes


and the proper way of writing the date (day/month/year eg 28/03/09)

and while your at it, metric and celcius
I always get confused because of this. it seems strange to have it like month/day/year.

[klawansie7]

i always uses periods when i write and stuff, so i voted for those.
however, i feel like this site mostly uses slashes...

[Parabola1124]

Periods come from slashes.

hehehehehohohohohehehehe

[Poe-tryGirl]

I use periods when I write and type.

[xJesusFreakx]

People use periods for the date?

[Linda Ferreira]

I use periods when I write and type because of the ease of doing it. However, I think that the periods are the least readable of the three when you see it in a newspost title. All three types are on the front page right now (on purpose) so that you can see and compare.

[andthetruthwill]

Periods are the most professional and neatest.

[TotalCollapse]

Slashes

[LastDeclaration]

Periods look cool at first, but I think their grammatical ridiculousness in a date would bother me eventually.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

periods.

it's cool and edgy.

[Krs-One]

oh change my vote to slashes... I just picked periods cause I had no idea what this poll was about

[introduction]

slashes, but chose periods cause it looks funny :-d

[jtjt43]

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[fightinirish217]

Slashes, that's what I prefer.

[Formatfun]

Slashes or periods. Don't like how dashes look.

[x1onexwo1fx]

dashes. slashes are ok. periods are a no go.

[Jaimehere]

toss up between dashes or slashes, chose dashes, mmmlinesmmm

[muttley]

Dashes. Followed by slashes.

[Say Nothing]

I really don't get how periods is winning