Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down140
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down8·2 months agoColdest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
minus-squareRyanLiu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 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-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 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 Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t actually disagree with anything you said, I was just being a bit cheeky
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
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.
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
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