@[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-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-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-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
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…
It’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
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.
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
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…