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Get on my level (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 102 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Maybe if you used the metric system you wouldn't be in an argument in the first place, avoiding this whole situation.

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  • [–] [S] 62 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Their argument was about the optimal date format to use.

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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Easy. YYYY-MM-DD Z-HH:MM(:SS)

    Anything else in inferior.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Everything that doesn't start with the month is fine for me. This shit is vile!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    What's Z ?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Z stands for Zulu timezone, also known as UTC. It can be another zone as well, as long as it's noted. This way anyone can calculate it to their own time zone. The Zulu is a military notation, but it's simple imo. Alfa is UTC+1, Yankee is UTC-1 etc. But UTC also works. I just hate naming timezones because then you need to look up what name is how much away from you. Just use the simple military letters or international UTC.

    Here you can see all the zone namings including the military one.

    As you can see, PYT for example can be Pyongyang time UTC+8:30 or Paraguay time UTC-3. It's such a mess. The only notation which is clear to all is UTC and the military notation is just shorter.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (3 children)

    This is only true when dealing with huge amounts electronic data, for easy sorting and such. DD.MM.YYYY is superior for everyday use. Don't even try to change my mind

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    True. But I found that out after importing loads of photos from my old phone where I stored everything DDMMYYYY. Shit was all fucked up (winXP times). I'm used to DD-MM-YY on a daily basis, which is totally fine. Just don't name your files like that xD

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    DD.MM.YYYY is superior for everyday use

    Please elaborate. Can't see how this could be true in any situation but I'm willing to hear you out xd

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    If most of the dates you're looking at are within a reasonably narrow span (say 90 days), DD.MM.YYYY gives you the important information first, and you can often omit the YYYY entirely.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Exactly. It's also spoken in that order for that reason. At least in the languages I know. If I ask you for the date and you start with 2026, I'll be a litte confused.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Must be a regional thing, because around here it's MM-DD-YYYY spoken.

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  • [+] -22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    MM-DD-YYYY is best!

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