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] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My favourite is when you’re reading documentation for an API or an SDK or whatever and the examples show things like “2024-05-05” as the date where they’re both the same number and you can’t discern it at all. Like, use Halloween or Christmas or something as the date so it’s always obvious, eh?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

07/05/09

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

9th of July 2005?