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USA is the edgy teen after moving out of the parents house (Europe) and finally doing stuff their own way. Not because it is practical, but because they feel rebellious.
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Date Formats:
~~Aug 9, 2023~~
~~9 Aug, 2023~~
~~8/9/2023 US~~
~~9/8/2023 GB~~
~~2023/8/9~~
Correct Date Formats:
9 AUG, Juche 112 ✅
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09.08.2023 (dd/mm/yyyy) anybody?
I like it for reading and using the date day to day
But yyy-mm-dd is best for sorting and archiving files
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Aug 9, 2023 and 08/09/23 literally say the same thing.
They do but one informs the reader of the order of the format while the other doesn’t.
Look it's easy, you just wait until the 13th of the month to figure out which format it is. Is 12 days really so much to ask?
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08/09/23 literally says the 8th day of september.
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Can’t believe relevant xkcd hasn’t been posted.
I was unaware of this. But it uses the same logic as the British date format so I am okay with it.
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The last two are the same thing though
The last one is ambiguous because it could be either august ninth or september eigth.
Reddit ass post
I swear, a lot of you would have no joy in life if you weren't able to bitch about the stupidest shit.
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09/08/2023 (I'm an American who doesn't care what everyone in my country uses if that "custom" is nonsense...)
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Unix time is the best format
Amount of seconds since midnight Jan 1st 1970 or sod off
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Date stamps are stupid, but they're nowhere near as stupid as this attempt to criticize them
The way I see it, the US just writes it the way it's spoken. "August 9th, 2023" vs. "the 9th of August, 2023".
That also doesn't make a lot of sense though, does it. In my language, the day comes first. Also when spoken.
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No, the US just chose this order and speaks it the same way. I don't speak it this way, you're just used to it (just like everyone is to the way they speak it)
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13/AUG/2023
Oh no! A country uses a different date format, the horror!
I don't know why you wanted to know year before month or day, I use dd/mm/yyyy sometime I didn't even use yyyy just dd/mm because day change most frequent then month then year
YYYY-MM-DD is best when programming because it's unambiguous and it makes sorting easier. For humans DD-MM-YYYY is indeed the most sensible.
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I like to think of the American style as machete ordering for dates.
The first and the last date format are terrible because you can confuse the day of the month with the number of the month.
I only like date formats where it's not possible to confuse any field, like 8 Aug 2023. I minimize ambiguity.
If the date is in a file name, I make an exception using 2023-08-09 such that a string sort is equal to a date sort.
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If it’s a file I want sorted by date the top is good. If I am talking about a date and spelling it out August the 9th of 2023 makes the most sense and seems natural, and if it’s a personal memo or date label on food I just use 08/09 with the zeros so I know it isn’t a fraction unless it’s frozen or shelf stable for long term storage where the year would be useful to know at which point it becomes 8/9/23
I thought everybody used different date formats based on need.
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