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[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 25 points 10 months ago

Tbh I don't really get why people get upset about mm/dd/yyyy vs dd/mm/yyyy. Is it a little weird? Sure, but personally, saying "July 4th, 1776" feels as natural as "the 4th of July, 1776". The former is more formal, the latter is more casual.

[-] Crimsonknee@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

It's not about saying it. It has to do with ordering it by size of time unit. Like I don't write the time as 43:12:19 to denote 43 minutes and 19 seconds past midday do I.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

If it’s about size of time unit surely it should be 2023/11/20?

[-] Crimsonknee@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Not necessarily. Size of time unit doesn't explicitly mean largest to smallest. For human comprehension day first makes sense because that's the most significant piece of data usually. Likewise for time of day the hour is the most significant piece of data.

Though for computer comprehension, absolutely yyyy/mm/dd is best hands down.

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