@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 1 year agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.world@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoColdest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
minus-square@MisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 year agoMM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it’s very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans. I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12. MM/DD/YYYY needs to die Month Day YYYY is fine, because it’s unambiguous when the month is spelled out. YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.
minus-square@RyanLiu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 year agoIt’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-square@tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•1 year agoI usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate… We use dots in our Locale
minus-square@MisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoRIP Australia and our DD/MM/YYYY (and rest of the former British Empire I assume). Drives me nuts when software doesn’t properly localise. Looking at you, Excel for web which defaults to MM/DD/YYYY in our company for some reason, even though the desktop app has no issues…
minus-square@Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI only deal with people from one country, but I always write out the month so there’s no confusion in important messages. Even including the day of the week as a type of verification.
Coldest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
MM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it’s very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans.
I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12.
MM/DD/YYYY needs to die
Month Day YYYY is fine, because it’s unambiguous when the month is spelled out.
YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.
It’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
November 9 never forget.
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
I usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate…
We use dots in our Locale
RIP Australia and our DD/MM/YYYY (and rest of the former British Empire I assume).
Drives me nuts when software doesn’t properly localise.
Looking at you, Excel for web which defaults to MM/DD/YYYY in our company for some reason, even though the desktop app has no issues…
I only deal with people from one country, but I always write out the month so there’s no confusion in important messages. Even including the day of the week as a type of verification.