ManixT comments on Perfect date

[–] ManixT@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

For consistency, Europeans should adopt ss:mm:hh DD-MM-YYYY.

See how ridiculous that is? ISO8601 or GTFO

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

At least ss:mm:hh and DD-MM-YYYY are internally consistent, even if they aren't consistent with each other.

MM-DD-YYYY isn't even internally consistent.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The european one is sorted based on importance to see. The day is more important than the month which is more important than the year. The hour is more important than the minute which is more important than the second

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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But in any given situation where the month is important enough that I need to know it, I want to know the month regardless of the day. The 25th means fuck all to me unless I know the month, as well; whereas there are plenty of scenarios where I want to know the month but the day isn't quite as important.

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Usually if someone just says the 25th that means of the current month. The month only needs to be referred to if it's not the same as the current. (In conversation)

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

In that case, nothing is stopping you from saying the month only.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago

The same thing happens to the year and day too

January means nothing if you dont know the year

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