udon@lemmy.world to Wholesome@reddthat.com · 6 days agoIn only 7 years, part of the MM/DD/YY confusion will resolve itself for the rest of our lives.message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareIn only 7 years, part of the MM/DD/YY confusion will resolve itself for the rest of our lives.udon@lemmy.world to Wholesome@reddthat.com · 6 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevala@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoYY/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).
minus-squareudon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoDon’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
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoTo 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.
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).
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
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.