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Up until the comment thread I'd never heard an American say that at all.
And there's no proof the shithead in the comments is American. Definitely a troll though.
In any case this is easy to explain since the 4th of July was a holiday made by British citizens.
What do you think of DD/HH/YYYY/Min/MM/Sec?
Could be improved by swapping hours and minutes. They are more important after all.
Also that way the time isn't in order anymore.
Both are wrong. The correct way to write the date is YYYY-MM-DD. This is the only way to sort dates linearly in a list. ISO 8601.
I'm so glad you think we are all computers
In Arabic we use DD/MM/YYYY but it actually gets written as YYYY/MM/DD since Arabic is written and read from right to left. When the year is dropped the confusing part is not what format is used here but rather does this website/software support RTL or is it just regular unformatted ASCII.
Edit: it's still not ISO 8601 and it doesn't solve the sorting issue
It's frustrating that people are so bad at dates that ISO8601 lives rent-free in my head because I constantly have to tell people ;)
Why is the format not:
2025/4/12
Biggest time frame to smallest time frame (year, month, then day)?
Because humans are not computers. That scheme makes sense when you are filling out things that are not nearby in time. For example, filling in your birth date on tax forms.
Otherwise, humans don't generally need the context of the year. The same is true of the month only if the context is clear (I'll see you on the 20th implies the very next 20th). A year is much longer and most things are not planned out that far in advance. If they are, they often dont have precise dates in which case a month or even a quarter is more appropriate.
Time is also one of those things where humans are so used to contextual processing that representing the full date adds overhead. 2025/4/20, 4/20/2025, 20/4/2025 all take more processing than "the 20th" or "next Sunday".
ISO Tanf rise up.
Also 2025/04/12
As a computer scientist, I've been doing this everywhere for over 10 years already. Be the change you want to see in the world.
I worked for a company that did their dates multiple ways and it was fucking impossible to know what date was what. It was super frustrating. I'd prefer this, but if you don't, at least keep it consistent once you start.
Issues with unix paths. I prefer 2025-04-12.
2009, got it
This is the way.
ISO8601 FTW!
For written format that is ideal but when talking about a date, say in two weeks time, saying the year is redundant.
2025/4/12
Don't forget leading zeroes, we're not half assing this!
02025/04/012
As someone from a yyyy-mm-dd country, you're all wrong /hj
yyyy-mm-dd is specified by ISO 8601, so there's really no argument it isn't the objectively correct format.
There's also RFC3339, which is freely available and compatible with the most common ISO8501 profile.
I always use yyyy.mm.dd as my date format whenever I sign and date documents. I also use a pictograph instead of initials. Someone tried to forge a contract edit to try and get out of paying but used the mm/dd/yy format. The moment my lawyer showed this to their lawyer, they settled immediately for the original amount, legal fees, and late payment penalties. Dumbasses.
And what is that country? Unixopia? Linukstadt? Databaseo?
Lithuania if you want the serious answer :3.. china, japan, both koreas, taiwan, bhutan, mongolia and hungary also use it
But yes, im from linuxstan :3
What Americans are calling people idiots for saying (day) of (month)? We say it both ways all the time. 4th of July, July 4th... it's not a complicated thing.
Coldest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you're a little bit ridiculous
MM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it's very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans.
I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12.
MM/DD/YYYY needs to die
Month Day YYYY is fine, because it's unambiguous when the month is spelled out.
YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.
I don't actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky
It's all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don't know which country they're from
November 9 never forget.
With the way things are going over there, the whole thing falls apart soon enough and this issue can be fixed in the rebuild.
I'm an American and do day/month/year.
I thought this was how it was done everywhere?
I like DD MON YYYY. Feels very grand and unambiguous, but people always look at me funny for using it.