I'm the only one annoyed about DD/MM/YYYY not being a date, but a date "format"?
Not only it's a recycled joke, it doesn't even make sense.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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Why is there no format that gives the month in three letter abbreviation so its clear cut what it means?
That's what the us armed forces do. Jun-12-2025
When talking about the date with another human, DD/MM (+YYYY if required); when doing anything related to the sorting of files by date, YYYY/MM/DD.
YYYYMMdd is best for file names.
I prefer verbose for my task bar
ddd, MMMM dd, hh:mm:ss ap (t) Wed, June 11, 09:49:35 am (PDT)