directive0@lemmy.world to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 4 months agoAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarecheddar@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAugust 30 would be 30.08.2024.
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThis is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoHow do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format? In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year. If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
August 30 would be 30.08.2024.
Nope, 2024-08-30
Nope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
https://xkcd.com/1179/
Relevant XKCD
This is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
How do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format?
In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year.
If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
YY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
07-26, surely?