Why World Emoji Day is super confusing
Calendar icon on iOS shows July 17, but it's July 15 on the Twitter desktop website
Declaring July 17 to be World Emoji聽Day makes perfect sense for iPhone users, but others may be wondering why the internet聽didn't celebrate the whimsical icons two days ago.聽
馃帀 馃専 馃巻 Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash">#WorldEmojiDay</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/twitter">@Twitter</a>! 馃巻 馃専 馃帀 馃挓 us <a href="https://twitter.com/Emojipedia">@Emojipedia</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldEmojiDay">@WorldEmojiDay</a> 馃槝 <a href="http://t.co/YA4xBbWAfC">http://t.co/YA4xBbWAfC</a> <a href="http://t.co/hpUE3v7wna">pic.twitter.com/hpUE3v7wna</a>
—@WorldEmojiDayOn iOS, the operating system for iPhones and iPads, both calendar emojis, the monthly calendar and the tear-off daily caldendar, show the date July 17.聽
However, the Twitter website,聽when聽viewed on a desktop computer, shows聽those same emojis聽with the date July 15 (check out the small emoji in the text of the tweet below).聽
馃巶 Happy Birthday to everyone born on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash">#WorldEmojiDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/July17?src=hash">#July17</a> 馃搮 馃巵 馃嵃 馃帀 馃拹 馃巻 馃憣 馃寧 <a href="http://t.co/YA4xBbWAfC">http://t.co/YA4xBbWAfC</a> <a href="http://t.co/YWA71rvfvL">pic.twitter.com/YWA71rvfvL</a>
—@WorldEmojiDayJust to add to the confusion, on Android devices, the monthly calendar shows no date and the tear-off one shows a "12" with no month.聽
But Emojipedia, the online resource for all things emoji, went with Apple's interpretation of the calendar when it declared July 17 to be World Emoji Day.聽
As explained on the World Emoji Day website, the聽reason聽the iOS and Twitter representations are different can be traced to corporate history. Twitter was launched July 15, 2006, while the Apple program iCal was unveiled at Macworld Expo on聽July 17, 2002.聽
As with any Twitter trend these days, brands were quick to jump on the bandwagon.聽
Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash">#WorldEmojiDay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TGIF?src=hash">#TGIF</a> 馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆 馃挆馃挆馃拕馃拕馃挆馃挆馃挆馃拕馃拕馃挆馃挆 馃挆馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆 馃挆馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆 馃挆馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆 馃挆馃挆馃拕 馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆馃挆 馃挆馃挆馃挆馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃拕馃挆馃挆馃挆 馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃拕馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆 馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆
—@lorealparisIt's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash">#WorldEmojiDay</a>! If you could create an emoji of a Museum object, what would it be? 馃寠馃椏 <a href="http://t.co/bzkTtDdqiz">pic.twitter.com/bzkTtDdqiz</a>
—@britishmuseum<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldEmojiDay?src=hash">#WorldEmojiDay</a> 馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏 馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏 馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏 馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏 馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏 馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃敶馃敶馃嵏 馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃敶馃敶馃嵏 馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏馃嵏
—@SmirnoffEuropeThe emoji聽character set is always being updated by聽the Unicode consortium. Recently, the Canadian flag emoji was added to Apple's version, but the same emoji still displays as the letters "CA" on Twitter.com.聽
Canadians, as it turns out, are big fans of emojis, especially the smiling poop.聽