Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 20 days agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoColdest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
minus-squareRyanLiu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoIt’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days 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.
Coldest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
It’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
November 9 never forget.
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.