this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Where I live, "DD. MM. YYYY" is the standard but some old tombstones use

first two digits of year, then a "proper" (horizontal-bar) fraction of DD/MM, then second two digits of year

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Do you know why one would ever do that? 20(02/05)25 feels like the "Don't Dead Open Inside" of dates.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

Which is exactly why they're used on tombstones. See, the world makes sense after all!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

That's just a layout. Let's not confuse presentation with content.