Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1701arrow-down155
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minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up109·2 months agoAs someone from a yyyy-mm-dd country, you’re all wrong /hj
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down1·2 months agoyyyy-mm-dd is specified by ISO 8601, so there’s really no argument it isn’t the objectively correct format.
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·2 months agoThere’s also RFC3339, which is freely available and compatible with the most common ISO8501 profile.
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months agoWhat about RFC 9557, which is an update to RFC 3339?
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI had not heard of that one, thanks! Looks like a good extension.
minus-squareJiminaMann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWeird question, if it’s called “Request For Comments”, where do we post the comments?
minus-squareLembot_0001@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoAnd what is that country? Unixopia? Linukstadt? Databaseo?
minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up36·2 months agoLithuania if you want the serious answer :3… china, japan, both koreas, taiwan, bhutan, mongolia and hungary also use it But yes, im from linuxstan :3
minus-squareNicht BurningTurtle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHow is it living in a theocracy worshipping our lord and savior Richard Stallman?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago“There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.” Anyway, the point of linking that page is that RMS is a saint, not a god.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGermany officially specified it for documents for a while but that was amended to also allow for dd.mm.yyyy since not enough people actually used ISO 8601.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy can’t Trump use unitary executive theory to do something good…like force everyone to use ISO 8601.
minus-squareMithranArkanere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoNah. Someone would make up some convoluted and confusing template, pass it to Trump as “freedom dates”, and he’s sign it without reading. And then head right back to the golf course to mooch even more tax dollars.
minus-squareOniononon@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoDoing dumb shit like imperial, farenheit and mm dd yyyy is the most conservative thing possible. By definition.
minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoWould probably claim it’s chinese propaganda or smth, and then go back to golfing
minus-squaredutchkimble@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s the only correct way to save file names
minus-squaresittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI’m similar I just don’t use - or anything. Works well when I sort concert recordings. yyyymmdd Venue City State
minus-squarePaddzr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAs long as month goes in the middle and the year is 4 digits, no confusion.
As someone from a yyyy-mm-dd country, you’re all wrong /hj
yyyy-mm-dd is specified by ISO 8601, so there’s really no argument it isn’t the objectively correct format.
There’s also RFC3339, which is freely available and compatible with the most common ISO8501 profile.
What about RFC 9557, which is an update to RFC 3339?
I had not heard of that one, thanks! Looks like a good extension.
Weird question, if it’s called “Request For Comments”, where do we post the comments?
And what is that country? Unixopia? Linukstadt? Databaseo?
Lithuania if you want the serious answer :3… china, japan, both koreas, taiwan, bhutan, mongolia and hungary also use it
But yes, im from linuxstan :3
How is it living in a theocracy worshipping our lord and savior Richard Stallman?
“There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.”
Anyway, the point of linking that page is that RMS is a saint, not a god.
Germany officially specified it for documents for a while but that was amended to also allow for dd.mm.yyyy since not enough people actually used ISO 8601.
Why can’t Trump use unitary executive theory to do something good…like force everyone to use ISO 8601.
Nah. Someone would make up some convoluted and confusing template, pass it to Trump as “freedom dates”, and he’s sign it without reading.
And then head right back to the golf course to mooch even more tax dollars.
Doing dumb shit like imperial, farenheit and mm dd yyyy is the most conservative thing possible. By definition.
Would probably claim it’s chinese propaganda or smth, and then go back to golfing
It’s the only correct way to save file names
I’m similar I just don’t use - or anything. Works well when I sort concert recordings.
yyyymmdd Venue City State
As long as month goes in the middle and the year is 4 digits, no confusion.