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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Three ways that people actually use. YYYY-MM-DD, DD-MM-YYYY, and MM-DD-YYYY (ew).

AFAIK no-one does YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD... yet. Don't let the Americans know about these formats, they might just start using them out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD

What the actual fuck

'hey man, what date is it today?' 'well it's the 15th of 2023, August'

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

Lmao, I want to try responding like this and see what the reactions are

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I want to try this, too. Make it more possessive, though. The 15th of 2023's August. Really add to the confusion.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll avoid those at all cost and go with the new standard of YY-MM-DD-YY. What's the date today? 20-08-10-23

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

whoa, take it easy there Satan.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Need more julian dates, YYYY-JJJ.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What, 2023-223 for the 223rd day of the year 2023? That... is oddly appealing for telling the actual progress of the year or grouping. No silly "does this group have 31, 30, 29 or 28 members", particularly the "is this year a multiple of four, but not of 100, unless it's also a multiple of 400?" bit with leap days.

You'll have oddities still, no matter which way you slice it, because our orbit is mathematically imperfect, but it's a start.

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

So we need to correct our orbit is what I'm hearing!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That'd be a wack premise for a crazy scientist story