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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 92 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] glibg@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This format is the best. Especially for digital file names, because sorting the files by filename also sorts them by date.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

A true professional. Have an upvote.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When i first read a date, i want to see the thing that changes 74 times in my entire life first too

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

YYYY-MM-DD obviously has uses, especially with sorting, but that doesnt make it the objectively best date format

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No I agree, hopefully we can all agree that the MMDDYYYY is the worst date format

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

Yep. Months must always be in the middle