Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1701
arrow-up1701imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoMM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it’s very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans. I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12. MM/DD/YYYY needs to die Month Day YYYY is fine, because it’s unambiguous when the month is spelled out. YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI don’t actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky
MM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it’s very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans.
I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12.
MM/DD/YYYY needs to die
Month Day YYYY is fine, because it’s unambiguous when the month is spelled out.
YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.
I don’t actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky