@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 3 months agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1725
arrow-up1725imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.world@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish52•3 months agoColdest take: if any common date format is difficult for you, you’re a little bit ridiculous
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoHappy not allowed! There can only be one correct date format!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink64•3 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 WandlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoI usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate… We use dots in our Locale
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-23 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 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 WandlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 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
Happy not allowed! There can only be one correct date format!
It’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
November 9 never forget.
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