▲ 659 ▼ The perfect date (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children) Apparently im a freak who is MM/DD/YEAR. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Baizey@feddit.dk 13 points 2 weeks ago Also known as an American™️ permalink fedilink source parent [–] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago Yes, you are and you should feel shame about you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) While it's confusing in a vacuum, it's also just the way we say it out loud in american English (April 20, 2026), so it's not that weird when you think about it like that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) However for countries that adopt dd-mm-yyyy, it's also completely natural to say it out loud in that way (20 April 2026). So by that reasoning we will never end up with a universally accepted date format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Yep, I agree. There's no wrong answer, and language differs by culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago There's a right answer, and it's yyyy-mm-dd. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago That's MMM d yyyy, not mm dd yyyy. It removes the ambiguity but also removes the sortability. yyyy-mm-dd for the win. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -1 points 2 weeks ago I think it's better than day month year but both are worse than year month day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Baizey@feddit.dk 13 points 2 weeks ago Also known as an American™️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago Yes, you are and you should feel shame about you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) While it's confusing in a vacuum, it's also just the way we say it out loud in american English (April 20, 2026), so it's not that weird when you think about it like that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) However for countries that adopt dd-mm-yyyy, it's also completely natural to say it out loud in that way (20 April 2026). So by that reasoning we will never end up with a universally accepted date format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Yep, I agree. There's no wrong answer, and language differs by culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago There's a right answer, and it's yyyy-mm-dd. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago That's MMM d yyyy, not mm dd yyyy. It removes the ambiguity but also removes the sortability. yyyy-mm-dd for the win. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) However for countries that adopt dd-mm-yyyy, it's also completely natural to say it out loud in that way (20 April 2026). So by that reasoning we will never end up with a universally accepted date format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Yep, I agree. There's no wrong answer, and language differs by culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago There's a right answer, and it's yyyy-mm-dd. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Yep, I agree. There's no wrong answer, and language differs by culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago There's a right answer, and it's yyyy-mm-dd. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago There's a right answer, and it's yyyy-mm-dd. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago That's MMM d yyyy, not mm dd yyyy. It removes the ambiguity but also removes the sortability. yyyy-mm-dd for the win. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -1 points 2 weeks ago I think it's better than day month year but both are worse than year month day. permalink fedilink source parent
