Today is European 112 Day 🇪🇺

kΔ

@phl @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission I disagree

kΔ

@EUCommission This is also part of the GSM (mobile) standard so if you dial 112 anywhere in the world on your mobile it will connect you to the nearest emergency line. A signal from any network is required so not to worry if your reception is not great.

Fish Id Wardrobe

@EUCommission surprisingly this also works in the UK?

Henrik Pauli

@kDelta @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission Ah yes, the logical pyramid.

This was written at 53:00:13

Pam C

@EUCommission You can also use that number in the UK, but many Brits don't know that.

jack

@EUCommission @fishidwardrobe I was very surprised when I tried to dial the non-emergency police number but dialled 112 instead of 101, immediately hung up and dialled 101, then got a callback from the 999 operator to find out why I hung up

Fish Id Wardrobe

@jackeric @EUCommission that's kind of good to know they do that, i think?

kΔ

@phl @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission But what time zone are you in?

This was posted 12:09 UTC on 14/02/2026

Henrik Pauli · This was posted 12:09 UTC on 14/02/2026

@kDelta @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission Surely you mean 09:12 UTC

kΔ

@phl @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission It was more the date I expected you to question me on, the International Fixed Calendar was a far better calendar system with 13 months I have the complication on my watch face 🤭 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/international-fixed-calendar/id1107327564

Handler Skyler

@EUCommission I thought that was 999?

Ed Davies

@fishidwardrobe @EUCommission Not too surprising as 112's introduction in the UK pre-dates Brexit by a couple of decades and is only a few years younger than the EU (as opposed to the EEC) itself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(emergency_telephone_number)#History

> The pan-European 112 code was introduced in the UK in April 1995[31] with little publicity. It connects to existing 999 circuits.

Heri

@fishidwardrobe @EUCommission

Obviously it works also in Switzerland:

(I did not try it in order to not block any really urgent help)

Zephyr 🌬️

@Pamela1960 @EUCommission This works in Canada also, if you happen to forget how to call 9-1-1. I discovered that by accident about a decade ago.

Ava

@kDelta @dmian @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission @phl

To be fair, your proposed m/d/y would correspond to min:s:hr which I hope you understand is even worse? It's not 34:52:12

Dmian 🇪🇺

@phl @Caprarius @mikaeleiman @EUCommission In case my last note was not clear, I was just kidding. I know a lot of these has to do with how languages work. In Spanish, today is 11 de febrero de 2026, so, our order in conversation is 11-2-2026, and that’s why we use that. Cultures from the east just adopted standards because their calendars are way different (lunar, lunisolar, with eras, etc). I like to make fun of it, because the internet ‍️

haaflife

@Veza85UE @EUCommission good question, I have no idea! In Germany, where I used to live and work as a paramedic, the agents of the emergency hotline were well paid and highly qualified (medical background + work experience in emergency services + extra training)

Benjamin Dirgo

@EUCommission and it’s not on January 12th?

Jeroen Massar

@EUCommission Thanks to the EU, not only Europe has it, many countries around the world have 112: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number) -- all of Continental Europe, big chunks of Africa, India, and many Pacific islands! And many countries (eg China, US) redirect with a voice message to their local equivalent.

Quite a great success for those who battled to get it everywhere! Thanks folks from 1976 at CEPT!

Col

@EUCommission 112 works exactly the same as 999 in Britain. The call goes to the same emergency operator if dialed from any landlines, payphones or mobile phones (even if locked as 999).