I originally posted this on the other site back when I took the picture, and it resulted in a lot of confused comments, especially from Americans, eventually getting removed by overzealous mods. Either way, I promise you that this date does not exist, and has never existed.

  • ThenThreeMore
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    402 years ago

    I think you’ll find the 23rd of February exists. Fuck knows what preservatives are in those things to last a bit over 5 years.

  • @RandomWalker@lemmy.world
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    American here, that didn’t expire on February 29th, it will expire on the second of Viginti-September. Easy mistake to make.

  • Flying Squid
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    82 years ago

    That doesn’t mean they never expire! Those bagels are months old even if they do expire on a date that doesn’t exist!

    Imagine the mold!

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      I’m so tired of this “proper order” date debate among regions. Can’t we just accept that there can be more than one correct way to do things?

      We commonly write dates 02/29/23 because we speak or write “February 29th 2023” while in other languages, it’s customary to speak or write “29th of February 2023” leading them to the common format 29/02/23.

      Edit: to curb the ISO standard comments, yes, that is the most efficient and organized way to write a date, but how many of you speak dates in ISO format? If you don’t commonly say “2023 February 29th” out loud, then you intrinsically understand that not all situations call for the ISO standard.

      • slazer2au
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        142 years ago

        Written language doesn’t have to follow spoken language. The ISO is for written things not spoken.

        • eric
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          32 years ago

          1776/07/04, which is commonly written July 4th 1776 as well as 4th of July 1776. All three ways are correct. What’s your point?

      • @stoy@lemmy.zip
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        The reason you keep hearing about it is because people won’t use the standard

        • eric
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          When was the last time you spoke dates to anyone in ISO? If you don’t ever say the year before the month and day, then you intrinsically know ISO is not always the best format for the situation.

          • @bstix@feddit.dk
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            112 years ago

            Spoken and written don’t need to use the same format. Time also isn’t spoken using the written format hhmmss.

            • eric
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              22 years ago

              So then we agree there is more than one correct date format.

          • @stoy@lemmy.zip
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            52 years ago

            It happens a few times a month, when dealing with something important to make sure people understand, same reason as to why I sometimes say times in a 24h format.

        • @thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
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          42 years ago

          you actually think you’ll be able to convince anyone even remotely stupid or stubborn to use this? you must have never tried anything like this before then…

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        252 years ago

        I’m so tired of this “proper order” date debate among regions. Can’t we just accept that there can be more than one correct way to do things?

        International Organization for Standardization (ISO) be like:

        • Dem Bosain
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          52 years ago

          Wait, so month comes before day? I’ve been doing it right all along?

        • eric
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          112 years ago

          Please stop. That is another correct way to do it, and I said there is more than one, not two.

          • @DABDA@lemmy.world
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            242 years ago

            The reason why it’s superior is (mostly) just because it removes that ambiguity of whether your region lists months or days first. By using a global standard you are still able to prefer whatever method of speaking it, but especially in situations around health and safety the less chance for confusion the better.

            Like, the whole “flammable” vs “inflammable” label is another problem if someone incorrectly assumes inflammable is the equivalent of non-flammable.

            • eric
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              82 years ago

              I am familiar with the ISO format and use it every day. But let me ask you, do you speak dates in ISO format? If not, then you understand it isn’t always the best format for the situation.

          • @schmidtster@lemmy.world
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            162 years ago

            The ISO is an organization trying to get everyone on the same page, they are the accepted standard globally. If you see ISO and you go against it, you better have a damn good reason and you’ll be liable everytime.

            • eric
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              42 years ago

              When was the last time you spoke a date in ISO format? Do you say “2023 February 29th?” If not, you intrinsically know ISO is not always the best format for the situation.

                • eric
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                  32 years ago

                  It’s about the correct standard, which if exists, should be the same whether spoken or written. I’m saying that no such standard exists, and there are different correct ways depending on the situation/region.

              • @puppy@lemmy.world
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                62 years ago
                1. Last time I spoke a date. When I speak it’s either February 23rd or 2023 February 23rd.
                2. Yes.
        • eric
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          I’m not implying you can’t say “of” in English, but it’s common (and shorter) to say “Feb 29th.” It is not however correct to say “Feb 29th” in many other languages, which is why Europe made day first dates the regional standard. And just like with the imperial vs metric systems, England has shifted to more often use Europe’s standard rather than the one they came up with themselves.

          • @DABDA@lemmy.world
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            82 years ago

            Are you trolling or just incapable of acknowledging that you can speak a date differently than its written representation? The entire reason for any standard is just to ensure you’re working within a known/consistent framework. You can measure in imperial or metric but you can’t label an imperial or metric unit as the opposite just because you prefer it that way.

            If I hand you glass of milk with a skull and crossbones sticker on it why would you assume it’s harmful when in my region it’s used to signify its high calcium content? I can say “poison” or I can say “milk”, but a skull should never be interchangeably used.

            In the same way, a date written in a global standard format should always be immediately recognized as signifying ONE particular date, and you’re then free to localize it however you please.

            • eric
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              42 years ago

              Not trolling. I just think all three formats are correct and I can’t understand why everyone must demand their way is the only correct way.

        • @Cjwii@lemm.ee
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          Real English is American you bloody redcoats are always appropriating our culture

      • LinkOpensChest.wav
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        It’s usually easy to determine which order the person commenting observes too, just from context. I’ve never understood the confusion.

        • lad
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          Yeah, especially with something like 03/04/07 12:47 AM

          The likes of this date and time are just evil because not only you may mistake day for month or even year, but also 12 AM in some places precedes 1 AM while in other places it precedes 1 PM.

          I’m almost convinced that an additional info with a UNIX timestamp must be always shown to be used as a ground truth wherever a date is presented

          • LinkOpensChest.wav
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            I agree it can be confusing if presented without context or explanation, but in most cases one can easily determine order (e.g., OP’s post)

    • @alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
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      12 years ago

      By that logic, you should fully spell out the month. FEB29 has no confusion. If you use the number then use the ISO standard.

    • @Bumblefumble@lemm.eeOP
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      112 years ago

      They are the expiration date though. Why do you say that so confidently if you don’t know what you’re talking about?

      • These numbers are put on by grocery clerks with a price-gun. All they did was add on however many days the product is supposed to last after it got put on the shelf. So it’s really just some grocery worker not worrying about a date not existing. I woulda done the same thing if I was stocking these tbh.

        • @Tuss@lemmy.world
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          Swede here. Those labels are from the producer. It’s easier to just use the same bags and then add the expiration date on a separate labels than to print the expiration date on the bags themselves.

          That way if you make same same bread on the same date but one batch gets frozen and the other gets sent out fresh you just use the same bags but they get different labels with different exparation dates depending if they are frozen or fresh.

        • @dafo@lemmy.world
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          What? This makes so little sense I don’t even know how to proceed. It’s an expiration date.

          Source: I’m also Swedish like OP and frequently shop at ICA - the biggest supermarket chain we’ve got, who also have their own line of products which are baked/cooked/prepared and packaged centrally and sent out to ICA stores all over the country. Those bagels are one of those products.

          • @Bumblefumble@lemm.eeOP
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            52 years ago

            Woah woah woah. You are completely right on almost all parts of your comment, but I will not stand idly by as you call me Swedish. I’m a danskjävla who just happened to live in Sweden.

            • @dafo@lemmy.world
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              32 years ago

              Vi har nu tagit över denna tråd i hans majestät konungen Carl XVI Gustafs namn och du beordras att gå hem dit du kom ifrån, danskjævel

  • lad
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    I once bought pants that were produced on 31st of June, not even leap year could’ve explained that 😂