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DDMMYYYY๐ช๐๐
Y/D/Y/M/Y/M/Y/D
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ๐ปโค๏ธ
it's the number of days since the asteroid blasted the dinosaurs, conveniently in 32 decimal digits
It would only take 11 decimal digits though. Sadly, an uneven 36 in binary
it's a forward thinking standard. wont need to worry about Y2T