ISO8601

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Community dedicated to the international standard YYYY-MM-DD date format.

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Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12 (thebeaverton.com)

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Because he didn't know about ISO8601. The only correct date format, especially in Canada.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't know it was called ISO8601 but I started naturally using it at work. It removes confusion among international colleagues, makes it way easier to sort data, and is also good for version control of docs.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Me too. It looks quite normal now and, yes, is great for file organisation.

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