While I'll concede that it's the best one for sorting thinks that span more than a year, such as the photos on your phone, DMY makes much more sense for everything else.
Reminds me of when Kelloggs asked people in the UK to share on Twitter how they ate cornflakes and put the results in an ad. The results were: put the cornflakes in a bowl, pour on milk and then eat them. Like nobody could have foreseen such a result.
Similar to when a Disaronno ad told people how to make Disaronno and orange juice. Put Disaronno in a glass, then pour in orange juice.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 305d
That'll cost $100 at a fancy French restaurant.
peshmerga@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 305d
mm/dd/yy be like
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 305d
ISO 8601 date formats be like:
tja@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 305d
No they say you should use the things from big to small. So: bowl, then cereal, then milk. Which sounds reasonable
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 305d
Not just reasonable, that's the very definition of reason.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 305d
For those keeping score, that's ordering files by date and cereal confusion it's good for.
For everything else, DMY is the way to go.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 305d
Also anything that may be viewed by someone who doesn't already know what year the document is from.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 305d
I'm trying SO hard rn to resist the urge to be militant about my favorite datetime format
fleurc@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 305d
DMY is good. YMD is also good. Anything else is stupid
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 305d
Is it D(ay)M(onth)Y(ear) aka the best one for 99% of all things?
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 305d
Year, Month, Day, which is better because it's sortable
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 305d
Sure.
And I like to sort by month.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 305d
That's one of the weirdest kinks I've seen, but I guess you should do you... thumbs up
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 305d
That's ISO 8601.
While I'll concede that it's the best one for sorting thinks that span more than a year, such as the photos on your phone, DMY makes much more sense for everything else.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 304d
Okay I totally see your perspective and I could stop there but I love arguing so let me play devil's advocate here.
The year is most important, especially if you assume it's the current year but it turns out not to be:
The important party is tomorrow, next year.
Your last doctors checkup was three weeks ago, ten years ago.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 305d
Seriously DMY is the way to go.
I forget what day it is, generally I know the month and year.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 305d
When looking at things older than 6 months the year is immediately more relevant to me than the day.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 305d
Bring
RFC3339RFC9557 some love. Fuck the closed ISO8601.Basic rules + extensions for ISO8601 cost CHF 376 = $465.50 or EUR 403.63.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 305d
okay but Frankenberry > Count Chocula > Booberry and I will fight about it
webadict@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 305d
Count Chocula. I'll be out in the parking lot.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 305d
Reminds me of when Kelloggs asked people in the UK to share on Twitter how they ate cornflakes and put the results in an ad. The results were: put the cornflakes in a bowl, pour on milk and then eat them. Like nobody could have foreseen such a result.
Similar to when a Disaronno ad told people how to make Disaronno and orange juice. Put Disaronno in a glass, then pour in orange juice.
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 304d
At least the bowl is clean?
autriyo@feddit.org · 1 pts · 304d
Not the underside tho
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 305d
Then who put the spoon there! And when!?
fubarx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 305d
Transitive Law does not apply.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 305d
How do I unsee this?
yessikg@fedia.io · 2 pts · 304d
Did The Grinch post this?
snoons@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 304d
Nononononono you have the break the bowl up into little pieces too.
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 304d
This has "why I season my cutting board instead of my steak" energy.