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[–] chtk@feddit.nl 265 points 2 years ago (33 children)
[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago (22 children)

This.

I can handle DDMMYY[YY] it reads correctly. But YYYYMMDD is numerically correct, most signifcant to least significant digitwise.

That thing only American's do, is completely non-sensical.

[–] Icalasari@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

It is sensical for one use:

"So when is the event?"
"May 20th, 2024"

It's such a niche use, though

[–] Ascyron@lemmy.one 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that's because you're used to hearing dates said that way? Over here in DDMMYY-land, we often would say "20th of May, 2024" and that sounds equally sensical to me tbh

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

And in a lot of countries they just say 20 May, 2024. So no ordinal numbers for the day.

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