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I haven't ever had a date that was followed by a period and a decimal digit that wasn't a timestamp, but if you do encounter (or can reasonably predict) that ambiguity, I defer to a standard format.
I find the
.
significantly easier thatT
to deal with when I'm looking across timestamped backups of config files or whatever. TheT
really throws me off as a "separator" character, it makes both the day and hour harder for me to read.