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ISO 8601 ftw rule (gregtech.eu)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't you mean: "Right there! Stop you, I'm going to."

Yoda-ass date structure.

What day, of what month, of what year is it? It's ordered by importance dammit!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

...looks more like i'm you, gonna right, stop there...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

25th of July, 2024 is confusing?

There's no ambiguity with the format, since it's impossible to mix up month and day

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

yes, when the month is written non-numerically (and the year is written with four digits) there is no ambiguity.

but, the three formats in OP's post are all about writing things numerically.

In some contexts, writing out the full month name can be clearer (at least for speakers of the language you're writing in), but it takes more (and a variable amount of) space and the strings cannot be sorted without first parsing them into date objects.

Anywhere you want or need to write a date numerically, ISO-8601 is obviously much better and should always be used (except in the many cases where the stupid formats are required by custom or law).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. But 2024, the 25th of July is clumsy both spoken and written.

July 25th, 2024 is okay but gives off middle child vibes.

25th of July, 2024 is ordered small to big, rolls off the tongue and when written nicely seperates both sets of numbers for ease of readability.

The only other alternative I will accept is Julian dates. Today is Day 26 of 2025.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

July 25th, 2024 is okay but gives off middle child vibes.

The fuck does that even mean? This is literally how people speak dates out loud.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It means it gives off middle child vibes. What more do you want?

People round these parts say the day first, then the month. Anything else is attention seeking middle child vibes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's what my work uses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Wrong format. DD.MM.YYYY.