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if you standardise one thing, what is it and why (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] beaubbe@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Date formats. Can never tell if dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd...

[โ€“] TauZero@mander.xyz 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The yyyy-mm-dd format (ISO 8601) is the only one that is unambiguous, because no one so far in history has ever used the yyyy-dd-mm format (at least until some xkcd-reading jokester probably will start using it just out of spite). I use ISO 8601 everywhere. It has the additional benefit that filenames get sorted correctly in lexographical order.

[โ€“] Waker@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone that works with huge amounts of data with dates in varied formats... PLEASE let this be standardised. :')

[โ€“] TauZero@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was gonna reply the "S" in "ISO" stands for "standardization" but apparently ISO doesn't stand for anything.

[โ€“] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

I was expecting a KFC situation, but no:

Because 'International Organization for Standardization' would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek word isos (ฮฏฯƒฮฟฯ‚, meaning "equal"). Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of our name is always ISO.

[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

Many years ago, I came across a forum that formatted dates yyyy-dd-mm. That was such a traumatic memory that I still remember it.

[โ€“] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only way I'd do it is by pissing everyone off. DD/YYYY/MM

[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Let there be carnage: DD/YY/MMMM

[โ€“] benny@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ISO-8601 has the answer for computers, and maybe humans too.

[โ€“] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I always use letters for the month when I can. There's no confusing 3 Oct 2023.

[โ€“] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

March 8th, 2023?

[โ€“] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, very good, you used the letters just like they said.