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[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 109 points 10 months ago

DD/MM/YY and YY/MM/DD are the only acceptable ones IMO. Throwing a DD in between YY and MM is just weird since days move by faster so they should be at one of the ends and since YY moves the slowest it should be on the other end.

[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 35 points 10 months ago

I'm not kidding when I ask: are there really a lot of people using MM/DD/YYYY??

[-] jwhardcastle@dmv.social 112 points 10 months ago

Almost 350 million of us morons down south of you.

[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago
[-] CM400@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

I think most Americans do. Or at least it was taught that way in school when I was growing up. Maybe it’s because of the way we speak dates, like “October 23rd” or “May 9th, 2005”.

Regardless, the only true way to write dates is YYYY-MM-DD.

[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago
[-] clif@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Pretty much every American I've ever met. Dates on drivers license, bank info, etc - all in MM/DD/YYYY ... or even just MM/DD/YY

I regularly confuse people with YYYY-MM-DD

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