Mickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost · 4 months agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar datesimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down155
arrow-up1670arrow-down1imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar datesMickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost · 4 months agomessage-square103linkfedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down15·4 months agoColdest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
minus-squareRyanLiulinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down1·4 months 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 WandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-squareDuamerthraxlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months 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-squaretuhriel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate… We use dots in our Locale
minus-squareMisterFroglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months 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-squareMisterFroglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months 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-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI don’t actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoHappy not allowed! There can only be one correct date format!
Coldest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
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…
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.
I don’t actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky
Happy not allowed! There can only be one correct date format!