@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-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@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.
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…
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 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.
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…