Wow! It actually makes sense! (i.imgur.com)

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[-] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

just ask why they don't keep the same format for date as they do for time, say 59:45:12 4/7/2023? For consistency that is how they should write 59 seconds after 45 minutes after the 12th hour of the 4th day of the 7th month of the year 2023.

By that logic, that time should be written as 45:59:12 in Imperial.

For consistency.

[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

:) fair point...I do admit that MDY is dumb, my only real argument is that MD makes more sense, and that is what is used in the US. The fact that our next step is MDY instead of YMD loses all the credibility, and Minute:Second:Hour is a funny and well deserved mockery of that.

[-] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

my only real argument is that MD makes more sense, and that is what is used in the US

Sometimes.

Sometimes it isn't.

Like when people say "4th of July" instead of 7/4.

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

True, but that seems mostly limited to special cases, almost like Cinco de Mayo... It's referring to a celebration more that a date, especially since it's even rarer to say 'The 4th of July, 2023'

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