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DD-MMM-YYYY
Ambiguity be damned.
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For computing or sorting purposes, YYYY-MM-DD is best. But in day to day writing a date, I prefer DD-MON-YYYY.
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YYYYMMDD, scrub out the excess fat!
I use periods. YYYY.MM.DD
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
Hello from Hungary ! We should also democratize the Surname GivenName format
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Don't go with this psycho! He mixes European style order with US style punctuation.
US style punctation?
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For computing or sorting purposes, YYYY-MM-DD is best. But in day to day writing a date, I prefer DD-MON-YYYY.
11-006-2025 ?
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US style punctation?
I mean slashes
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I mean slashes
/instead of colons.wrote on last edited by [email protected]Talking of colons, both of those "formats" are pulled from one
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I use periods. YYYY.MM.DD
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11-006-2025 ?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]11-Jun-2025
It's shit format but at least it's better than 11.6.2025 or 6/11/2025
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11-Jun-2025
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
RFC 3339 if you please. Let's be prescriptive.
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
It's the only way that makes sense
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They should also add a timezone since most of us don't live at UTC zero timezones -> 2012-12-28T18:12:33+09:00
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I know. I started using the format with periods back in the 90s, before I knew of the standard, and at this point doing it with periods is muscle memory. That's not meant as an excuse, just an explanation. The excuse is laziness.
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MM/DD/YY for me.
Edit: I learned something new today.
I stand by this man, do your worst Lemmy.
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
YYYY-MM-... well, ya know the deal...
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
That's ... why I'm here
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For computing or sorting purposes, YYYY-MM-DD is best. But in day to day writing a date, I prefer DD-MON-YYYY.
Single letter for month is too ambiguous - how do you tell apart June, July and January? Also, what do O and N denote?
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Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Anyone that gives me a document or receipt or invoice with a date formatted DD-MM-YYYY should have a tire iron swung at their thighs
Multiple swings if they can't decide on using DD-MM-YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY or DD-MM-YY or MM-DD-YY or YY-MM-DD or YY-DD-MM
