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[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago

I'm not kidding when I ask: are there really a lot of people using MM/DD/YYYY??

[-] jwhardcastle@dmv.social 110 points 1 year ago

Almost 350 million of us morons down south of you.

[-] Archlinuxforever@lemmy.3cm.us 10 points 1 year ago

Using a different date format that means the exact same thing anyway does not make you a moron.

[-] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

My favourite thing is that files are sorted automatically by date if you use yyyy-mm-dd. Sometimes there are just practical reasons.

[-] GingeyBook@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

But there are a lot of other things that do 👈😎👈

[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] CM400@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

I think most Americans do. Or at least it was taught that way in school when I was growing up. Maybe it’s because of the way we speak dates, like “October 23rd” or “May 9th, 2005”.

Regardless, the only true way to write dates is YYYY-MM-DD.

[-] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] clif@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Pretty much every American I've ever met. Dates on drivers license, bank info, etc - all in MM/DD/YYYY ... or even just MM/DD/YY

I regularly confuse people with YYYY-MM-DD

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