I hold unequivocally that 2SEPT2025 is the best dating format: the units are in order from small to big, and the use of letters for month both break up the reading for a more concrete understanding and also make it unambiguous.

Edit: folks big on computerizing this shit. My bad. I find this to be optimal for human use.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

Except for all the languages that might have a different spelling for the months..

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Why is it important that they're listed small to big? How does that help?

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For the same reason it matters that we’ve agreed on a particular order to the alphabet.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Ok, but if you use YYYY-MM-DD, you can sort alphabetically, and it will also sort chronologically.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago

Even in human use, – in nearly any given scenario – I care about the month far beyond and above before I ever care about the day; just knowing the day, without knowing the month, is useless to me while I may want to know about the month regardless the day.

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