Comment on August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.

• halm@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.

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  • Custoslibera@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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 tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?

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    • Pockybum522@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait really? Your first example is also ambiguous for 12 years out of every 100

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    • halm@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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    • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      07-26, surely?

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• Comment105@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08

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  • dch82@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    https://xkcd.com/1179/

    ISO 8601 was published on 06/05/88 and most recently amended on 12/01/04

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    • Grimpen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Relevant XKCD

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  • techognito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    way to long just short it down: 3248

    clearly the best way to show date

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    This should be obvious, but just in case people take this seriously. It’ a joke

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