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Why only Gregorian "Best before" dates

 Let manufacturers choose the calendar for "best before"
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Just to make life more interesting let the manufacturers choose which calendar, why does it have to be that boring Gregorian calendar all the time? I mean we could use the Roman number system like XXXIV or the Julian calendar or the Islamic calendar and it'd be much more exciting eating that cream cheese which seems a bit strange....
—morrison_rm, Feb 06 2004

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       Given the religious connotations I'm almost inclined to suggest "born-again dating"+
—theircompetitor, Feb 06 2004
   

       Say, Mum, it says on the milk bottle that we were supposed to use it by the 14th day of the Year Of The Monkey. When *was* that?
—UnaBubba, Feb 06 2004
   

       That's several days old, Daisy. Spit it out.
—k_sra, Feb 06 2004
   

       Everyone will use the number of seconds since 1st Jan 1970
—hippo, Feb 06 2004
   

       This would have some people wondering why kosher foods don't expire for 3700 years.
—DonBirnam, Feb 06 2004
   

       Figs are best before dates.
—FarmerJohn, Feb 06 2004
   

       Good thing too, if you're gonna kiss my date.
—UnaBubba, Feb 07 2004
   

       Alternate idea: Geek "best before" dates: 101001001001010100010101010101000101
—eyeguy, Feb 07 2004
   

       Best before julian date? "use before 06707"
—ye_river_xiv, Dec 24 2006
   

       I don't see why not (well, I do, but this is the halfbakery). I think we can tolerate a few case of food poisoning for more interesting packaging.
—Germanicus, Dec 26 2006
   

       Hmm. [eyeguy]'s date based on [hippo]'s datum gives Dec 20, 3369. Pretty long shelf life, but not quite [DonBirnam]'s number.
—csea, Dec 26 2006
   


 

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