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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Resol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I believe in some countries in the world, the year goes first, then the month, then the day (2024/08/08 or 2024, August 8). Seems more logical to me than the literal inverse (08/08/2024 or 8 August 2024).

  But yeah, the metric system reigns supreme.

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  • Omniraptor@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

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    • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I would’ve mentioned it but I forgot what it’s called. Thanks for reminding me.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Year, month, day is the most logical. I’ll stand by month, day, year as being more logical than day, month, year because it’s somewhat more sorted lol.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      How in the world is (month/day/year) more sorted than (day/month/year)? I see two use-cases: Sorting things chronologically, in which case you want YYYY/MM/DD, or referring to nearby dates, where the year or even month can be assumed known implicitly, in which case you use DD/MM/YYYY. In no sane world does MM/DD/YYYY make sense.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Because you put big numbers first! Three hundred twenty one is written 321 not 1, 20, and 300. 21 and 300 is more sorted. MM/DD/YYYY only has one element out of place instead of being totally backwards.

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    • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I mean, I’m fine with the long form (August 8, 2024), but definitely not the short form, which today looks indistinguishable from DD/MM/YYYY anyway. I often think it’s the other way around and ask “since when was there a 26th month??”.

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• Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • _donnadie_@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t the second one make more sense as an upside down pyramid?

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    • Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Because the first digit in each of the numbers is larger than the second digit it would be the triple inverted pyramid as shown, where the larger numbers correspond to larger sub-pyramids and larger digits correspond to the larger side of the sub-pyramid.

      The colored text and marks on the pyramids are to show that.

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      • _donnadie_@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I imagined, but I was too lazy to actually look at the colors lol. Thanks for explaining :)

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