rfc3339 my beloved
DD-MMM-YYYY
Ambiguity be damned.
This is stupid AF.
YYYY/MM/DD
This is the best choice.
Its the better choice for digital data I guess. In every day use, the day is the most important thing, then month, then year.
From context, I usually know the year. Probably even the month. So I’ll use DD.MM.YYYY. If someone asks me when we’re going to meet I won’t say “twenty-twentyfive”, June, twentieth. And I’m guessing you don’t do that either.
/isn’t a valid char in filenames, yyyy-mm-dd is better
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS is the only acceptable format.
Nope, it clearly should be mmsshhMMDDYYYY
ISO 8601 is clearly much superior due to being delimited.
ISO is paywalled therefore inferior than the free RFC.
Unixtime: amateurs!
Perfect date: We stay in bed snuggling while watching furry movies, meme compilations, or playing video games.
Heretic!
YYYY.MM.DD is the correct format.
small correction: YYYY-MM-DD to avoid common special meanings chars
I’m fine with anything in the realm of yyyymmdd or reversed, as long as it isn’t the confusing format that is common in the USA
Epoch, takes a bit of practice but I already read it fluently and often make fun of everyone arpund me for not knowing how to read a clock (my clock)
YYYYMMdd is best for file names.
I prefer verbose for my task bar
ddd, MMMM dd, hh:mm:ss ap (t) Wed, June 11, 09:49:35 am (PDT)
If you use DD/MM/YYYY then logically you should also use ss:mm:hh
Or just use ISO8601 whi uses hh:mm:ss and well it is an ISO standard, but at least DD:MM:YYYY makes more sense than what Americans are doing.
Also 4th of july …
SMH…
Sarcastically Shaking My Many Hydra Heads.
No, because in most cases the most important information about a date is the day, then month, then year. It also matches the way we read dates. For the time it’s typically the hour, then minutes, then seconds. YYYY/MM/DD is better when naming files, but in UIs I much prefer DD/MM/YYYY, it’s just more natural to the way we read.
For consistency, Americans should adopt mm:ss.hh MM-DD-YYYY.
For consistency, Europeans should adopt ss:mm:hh DD-MM-YYYY.
See how ridiculous that is? ISO8601 or GTFO
The european one is sorted based on importance to see. The day is more important than the month which is more important than the year. The hour is more important than the minute which is more important than the second
But in any given situation where the month is important enough that I need to know it, I want to know the month regardless of the day. The 25th means fuck all to me unless I know the month, as well; whereas there are plenty of scenarios where I want to know the month but the day isn’t quite as important.
Usually if someone just says the 25th that means of the current month. The month only needs to be referred to if it’s not the same as the current. (In conversation)
In that case, nothing is stopping you from saying the month only.
The same thing happens to the year and day too
January means nothing if you dont know the year
At least ss:mm:hh and DD-MM-YYYY are internally consistent, even if they aren’t consistent with each other.
MM-DD-YYYY isn’t even internally consistent.
You monster
Nah they should adopt metric time and nothing else.
When talking about the date with another human, DD/MM (+YYYY if required); when doing anything related to the sorting of files by date, YYYY/MM/DD.
This fucknuts who thinks day should come before year, hah! Give me YYYY-MM-DD, because dashes are better than slashes any day of the week.
When i first read a date, i want to see the thing that changes 74 times in my entire life first too
HA! if you even get to be 74!
But in some jobs the year is more important (bookkeeping/accounting) and doing YYYY-MM-DD automatically sorts your dates
YYYY-MM-DD obviously has uses, especially with sorting, but that doesnt make it the objectively best date format
No I agree, hopefully we can all agree that the MMDDYYYY is the worst date format
Yep. Months must always be in the middle
This format is the best. Especially for digital file names, because sorting the files by filename also sorts them by date.
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I prefer YYYY.MM.DD, because the dots look aesthetically pleasing when the date is being displayed within the vincity of a clock displaying the time digitally.
That’s a tough one. I would have to say April 25. Because it’s not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket.
