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[-] Haraknos@jlai.lu 23 points 1 year ago

Hmmm more like 6 ways but I get your point

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago

Three ways that people actually use. YYYY-MM-DD, DD-MM-YYYY, and MM-DD-YYYY (ew).

AFAIK no-one does YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD... yet. Don't let the Americans know about these formats, they might just start using them out of spite.

[-] arbitrary@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

YYYY-DD-MM, DD-YYYY-MM, or MM-YYYY-DD

What the actual fuck

'hey man, what date is it today?' 'well it's the 15th of 2023, August'

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Lmao, I want to try responding like this and see what the reactions are

[-] Futurama@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I want to try this, too. Make it more possessive, though. The 15th of 2023's August. Really add to the confusion.

[-] naticus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I'll avoid those at all cost and go with the new standard of YY-MM-DD-YY. What's the date today? 20-08-10-23

[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

whoa, take it easy there Satan.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Need more julian dates, YYYY-JJJ.

[-] luciferofastora@discuss.online 17 points 1 year ago

What, 2023-223 for the 223rd day of the year 2023? That... is oddly appealing for telling the actual progress of the year or grouping. No silly "does this group have 31, 30, 29 or 28 members", particularly the "is this year a multiple of four, but not of 100, unless it's also a multiple of 400?" bit with leap days.

You'll have oddities still, no matter which way you slice it, because our orbit is mathematically imperfect, but it's a start.

[-] ramplay@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

So we need to correct our orbit is what I'm hearing!

[-] luciferofastora@discuss.online 15 points 1 year ago

That'd be a wack premise for a crazy scientist story

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago

Twelve ways if you count two-digit years. My nephew was born on 12/12/12 which was convenient.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

for the americans, that's 12/12/12

[-] sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks bro, I was really confused

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My grandmother was born in 1896 and lived to be 102, just long enough for the pre-Y2K computer systems in hospitals to think she was a two-year-old.

[-] Puttaneska@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ouch!

I lost about an hour of my life trying to create a historical timeline in MS Excel. Eventually learned this is impossible with dates earlier than 1900.

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

this guy does combinatorics

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