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[–] chtk@feddit.nl 243 points 2 years ago (8 children)
[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 87 points 2 years ago (12 children)

This.

I can handle DDMMYY[YY] it reads correctly. But YYYYMMDD is numerically correct, most signifcant to least significant digitwise.

That thing only American's do, is completely non-sensical.

[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For sorting or filing, I agree. I think in day to day life, though, Day and month are way more significant. So I actually prefer DDMMYYYY for that.

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[–] pseudonym@monyet.cc 8 points 2 years ago

I absolutely loath the American favorite: 8/9. Like fuck, is that August 9th, September 8th, or just a fraction??

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[–] Droggl@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 years ago

8601 for life

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 10 points 2 years ago

I expected to see this when I looked at the comments, and you didn't disappoint me!

[–] larouxn@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

So glad this is the default in Japan. 🇯🇵 😌

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That one for file sorting, the one in the pic for everything else.

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[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.world 145 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 23 points 2 years ago

It's the only one that makes any logical sense!

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago

/c/iso8601 assemble !

[–] iesou@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Absolutely! Everything else needs special algos for organization to put it in the proper order. This format just works numerically out of the box.

[–] matogoro@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ISO-8601. God's own date-time format

[–] tdgoodman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The overlap of iso-8601 and rfc-3339 is God's own, the regions outside are lower.

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

This person sorts

[–] xrun_detected@programming.dev 76 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] itsAllDigital@feddit.de 57 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] EFZL5NM0@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

Use hyphens instead of slashes and we're on the same page.

[–] KiofKi@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even better, easier sorting.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that's the one you use for filenames. Backup images and the likes.

[–] jungekatz@lib.lgbt 6 points 2 years ago

Works , but MMDDYY ugh

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Tired: ISO date format

Wired: milliseconds since the Unix Epoch

Galactic brain: Planck time units since the Big Bang

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Impractical waste of computing power and information storage

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[–] delvan@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago

I like DDMMYY but for some reason when I include the time as ss:mm:hh nobody shows up to the event on time.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I always wonder why old memes are losing pixels and quality. Like an old paper shared over the years.

[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's because people keep taking screenshots of the image and sharing the screenshot instead of the original image file. It's like making a copy of a copy of a copy until it looks like garbage.

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[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

because they get downloaded from say reddit and then reuploaded again a year later or so which since most sites/services compress files uploaded they get worse and worse quality

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[–] Futurama@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

As usual, there's an xkcd for that. Along with a more detailed explanation.

[–] packardgoose@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

I'd have to say April 25th because it's not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.

[–] kkard2@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

to make things as not confusing as possible, my rule of thumb is:

  • yyyy-mm-dd (yyyy instead of yy ensures that it's not mistaken for dd-mm-yy) (hyphens can be replaced with underscores)
  • dd.mm.yyyy (yyyy same as above) (really dislike using for filenames, sorting doesn't work)
  • mm/dd/yyyy (only if there is no other choice) edit: mm/dd/yyyy vs mm/dd/yy doesn't matter because both make 0 sense already edit2: i forgor to say that yyyy also avoids y2.1k and subsequent issues
[–] Benign@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The first one you listed is an ISO standard date format, and is the only way to go :)

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[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, TIL. Whenever I'm down on my life's accomplishments, I'll just remember that this tried to happen.

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[–] StalksEveryone@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

yall trippin, it should be MMYYDD

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Look at this moron. DY-MY-DM is the only logical date format.

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is some enigma date code shit.. nearly broke my head trying to work out my birthday

Edit: fuck I see why my birthday wasn't making sense now, you have the same digit of day and year

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[–] ForbiddenRoot@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To eliminate this confusion I propose the days of the month should start from 13.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

I say we force them to be alphabetical.

Anuary Bebuary Carch Dapril

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[–] renlok@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unix timestamp for me thanks.

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[–] nevial@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

Date aside, what's going on with that " blank character " bullshit in the " question " ?

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my best idea is a give my gf a white claw and she isn't mean to me

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