this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

10 Aug 2023 is the superior format for handwritten dates, no misinterpretation of the date itself or an improperly written divider.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I'm a systems guy. ISO8601 or die. Whomever decided to put the most significant digits at the end of MMDDYYYY can get fired. From a cannon. Into the sun.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Use YYYY-DD-MM for pure chaos.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

When I try to enter a date in excel and it formats it as numerical 424523 or some shit smh

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Makes a lot more sense as it gets easy to sort files that way.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Tab completion approves of this naming scheme.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I find that it's better than confusing month and day and going insane when dealing with both American and Bri'ish clients

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Gotta love well sorted items.

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