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ISO 8601 ftw rule (gregtech.eu)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Mmm US military date and time is fun too.

DDMMMYYYYHHMM and time zone identifier. So 26JAN20251841Z.

So much fun.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know, why don't we all agree to agree and use every single possible format within a shared spreadsheet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Oh god it's so true...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hot take: 2025-Jan-27 is better than 2025-01-27 in monolingual contexts.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

I often have to refrain myself from using ISO-8601 in regular emails. In a business context the MM/DD/YYYY is so much more prevalent that I don't want to stand out.

Filenames on a share drive though? ISO-8601 all the way idgaf

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In one work report, I recorded the date as "1/13/25", "13/1/25" and "13JAN2025"

I have my preference, but please for the love of all that is fluffy in the universe, just stick to one format....

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

"13.1.25", not "13/1/25".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i never saw year first in Europe.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (18 children)

Maybe in programming or technical documentation, but no, when I check the date I want to know the day and the month, beyond that, it's all unnecessary information for everyday use, and we have it right in Europe.

You can't change my mind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can’t change my mind.

That's not a good thing. That attitude limits you from improving how you do things because you've gotten emotionally attached to some arbitrary ... never mind. Have a nice day.

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