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The perfect date (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

mm/dd/yyyy is horrendous and inconsistent, you can argue that yyyy/mm/dd is correct, but for daily use dd/mm/yyyy is way better

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    What is inconsistent about it? That's a weird argument against its use.

    I like it because it's in order of smallest maximum integer. I know that's not why we use it in the US but it's still satisfying to me to see the first number smaller than the second on all but 78 days of the year.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    For daily use — like, if someone asks me the date — I don’t normally bother telling them the year anyway (nor the month, for that matter). But for situations wherein the year is important enough to mention, year/month/day all the way.

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