At my job I have to use this "SAP" software and I think it's the worst professional software I've ever used. The dates export as three pairs of two digits. No indication of what's what. The numbers export with commas, so like "1234" comes out in the csv as "1,234". I hate it. It also mangles some other data so like "0000" turns into "" for some reason.
To sort a folder on a computer I agree, but to socialise, both me and my friends plan happenings down to the days they are happening, not months or years, so there the opposite is true.
I am fully aware that at least two of the planet's almost 200 countries write dates that way, but for most people, this is a solution to a nonexistent problem.
19 Comments
GreyShuck@feddit.uk · 38 pts · 188d
The year has never been the problem.
Now, if there are plans to rename the months Thirtyseconduary, Fortyfirstember and so on, we might be getting somewhere.
ByteMe@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 188d
Isn't the year always at the end anyway?
squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 51 pts · 188d
YYYY-MM-DD is the best format, please don't change my mind :)
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 188d
This one sorts correctly in the computer.
SARGE@startrek.website · 7 pts · 188d
original_reader@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 188d
Doesn't sort well on file systems, where it is usually best to sort first by year, then month and day.
bjorney@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 188d
Internationally where English is understood
FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 188d
I love a good, lexically sortable date format.
rxbudian@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 188d
yes, good for structuring your file folders too
../documents/2026/01/15/ and ../documents/2026/01/16/ is not only easier to read but also navigate
mech@feddit.org · 11 pts · 188d
Nope, some absolute madlads use
YY/MM/DD
Which was really fun when you get something like 12/03/11
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 188d
I propose YM/DM/YD
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 188d
At my job I have to use this "SAP" software and I think it's the worst professional software I've ever used. The dates export as three pairs of two digits. No indication of what's what. The numbers export with commas, so like "1234" comes out in the csv as "1,234". I hate it. It also mangles some other data so like "0000" turns into "" for some reason.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
Oh wow. How is that not workflow destroyingly bad? Hopefully it doesn't generate filenames with that format
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 188d
It is! I spent a lot of time manually cleaning up the CSV, and there were still problems.
Apparently there's some other way to export data that's not horrible but I'm not authorized to use it for some reason.
I work at a big company with very weak testing culture.
JelleWho@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 188d
I always do it at the start. So I can sort by name. And it will be sorted by date
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 188d
Not only that, it goes in order of importance
It's more important to know that something happened in 2026 than what month
It's more important to know that it happened in January than which particular day
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 188d
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 188d
YY/MM/DD works the best because it puts the least significant number at the end. This is how we iterate all other numbers (small number at the end).
udon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 187d
Don't disagree here, but in the wild you sometimes encounter one of those and it's just nice that it's going to be slightly less painful
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 188d
To sort a folder on a computer I agree, but to socialise, both me and my friends plan happenings down to the days they are happening, not months or years, so there the opposite is true.
Griffus@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 188d
I am fully aware that at least two of the planet's almost 200 countries write dates that way, but for most people, this is a solution to a nonexistent problem.