[Grammar] Saying the date

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Originally Posted by nambiar

Maybe, it is a matter of time and we will get used to saying "20" "12" for 2012 once it becomes common usage.

I have been hearing "20" "12", "20" "14" and so one in nbc, cnn and voa news reports referring to future years to come. That is AmE and I find it quite natural to come back to the old way of saying the years.

Originally Posted by nambiar

As long as we understand what the person is saying, I think it is ok.

Absolutely !