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[–] Haraknos@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hmmm more like 6 ways but I get your point

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Three ways that people actually use. YYYY-MM-DD, DD-MM-YYYY, and MM-DD-YYYY (ew).

AFAIK no-one does YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD... yet. Don't let the Americans know about these formats, they might just start using them out of spite.

[–] arbitrary@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD

What the actual fuck

'hey man, what date is it today?' 'well it's the 15th of 2023, August'

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, I want to try responding like this and see what the reactions are

[–] Futurama@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I want to try this, too. Make it more possessive, though. The 15th of 2023's August. Really add to the confusion.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Need more julian dates, YYYY-JJJ.

[–] luciferofastora@discuss.online 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What, 2023-223 for the 223rd day of the year 2023? That... is oddly appealing for telling the actual progress of the year or grouping. No silly "does this group have 31, 30, 29 or 28 members", particularly the "is this year a multiple of four, but not of 100, unless it's also a multiple of 400?" bit with leap days.

You'll have oddities still, no matter which way you slice it, because our orbit is mathematically imperfect, but it's a start.

[–] ramplay@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we need to correct our orbit is what I'm hearing!

[–] luciferofastora@discuss.online 14 points 1 year ago

That'd be a wack premise for a crazy scientist story

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It is currently the Third of 1993, November.

TIHI.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Twelve ways if you count two-digit years. My nephew was born on 12/12/12 which was convenient.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for the americans, that's 12/12/12

Thanks bro, I was really confused

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My grandmother was born in 1896 and lived to be 102, just long enough for the pre-Y2K computer systems in hospitals to think she was a two-year-old.

[–] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

this guy does combinatorics