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[–] words_number@programming.dev 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (39 children)

I really wonder how americans were able to fuck this one up. There are three ways to arrange these and two of them are acceptable!

Edit: Yes, I meant common ways, not combinatorically possible ways.

[–] sift@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

It's how the dates are typically said, here. November 6th, 2020 = 11/6/2020. [Edit: I had written 9 instead of 11 for November.] (We basically never say the sixth of November. It sounds positively ancient.) It's easy to use, but I agree that YYYY-MM-DD is vastly superior for organization.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm canadian and I've always prefered this format for the same reason. 11/6/23 is november 6th 2023, not the 11th of June 2023, that's weird.

[–] Zeragamba@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

As a different Canadian, I always use YYYY-MM-DD and a 24 hour clock.

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