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buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 day ago“The rest of the world” as if everyone uses the same date format lmao
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buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 day ago“The rest of the world” as if everyone uses the same date format lmao
biggeoff@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
DDMMYYYY and YYYYMMDD users can at least agree the other format is still intuitive
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Want some help? It’s intuitive to say month date year out loud. So that’s how we write it down too. Today is November 24th 2025 (11/24/25)
Here’s another point about the US date system I quite enjoy, the number go in order of lowest maximum integer to greatest maximum integer. The highest the month can go is 12 which is smaller than 31 which is smaller than theoretically infinite. But that’s probably not why we do it. I just like that thought.
madjo@feddit.nl 7 hours ago
Twenty-four november twenty twenty-five works fine too. (dd mm yyyy)
biggeoff@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Nope. In the UK we never say march 6 or something. Sounds wrong
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Well God forbid anyone do anything other than the way the British do it. 🙄
groet@feddit.org 1 day ago
Its intuitive to people used to MM DD YY people and unintuitive to everyone else.
Today is the 24th of November.
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Speaking that date format is usually reserved for holidays and special occasions in the US. I.e. 4th of July. You also see that data format written out on things like R.S.V.P invitations to weddings and formal gatherings. Not much else.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
We don’t do a lot of things right in America, but MMDDYYYY is one of them.
Daylight Savings Time really sucks though.
I’m neutral on the Metric System.
ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The US uses metric for military specs, automotive repair parts, US science specs, medicine/pharmacy, jewelry and most grocery products. The US dollar is also metric.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
I see then we are using YY YY DD format here. Seems bad.