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

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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