We drank our beer and left. Outside I said, “Father, just how di

We drank our beer and left. Outside I said, “Father, just how did you write that date on which she was to meet you?”
He stopped, took out an envelope and wrote on it. “Like this,” he said. “12/11/73， which was, of course, December 11,1973.”
“No!” I exclaimed. “It isn’t in Denmark or any European country. Over here they write the day first, then the month. So that date wouldn’t be December 11 but the 12th of November!”
【正确答案】：
我们喝完啤酒出来，我问父亲：“爸，你叫她去见你，那日期到底是怎么写的？”
他站住，拿出一个信封，在上面写了起来。他说：“这样写的，12/11/ 73，当然指1973年12月11日啦。”
我叫道：“不对！在丹麦，在欧洲国家，都不是这样写的。他们这儿是先写日子，再写月份。所以那个日期不是12月11日，而是11月12日！”