Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down155
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minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up109·13 days agoAs someone from a yyyy-mm-dd country, you’re all wrong /hj
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down1·13 days 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-up23arrow-down1·13 days agoThere’s also RFC3339, which is freely available and compatible with the most common ISO8501 profile.
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-213 days agoWhat about RFC 9557, which is an update to RFC 3339?
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoI had not heard of that one, thanks! Looks like a good extension.
minus-squareJiminaMann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoWeird question, if it’s called “Request For Comments”, where do we post the comments?
minus-squareLembot_0001@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·13 days agoAnd what is that country? Unixopia? Linukstadt? Databaseo?
minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up36·13 days 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-up8·13 days agoHow is it living in a theocracy worshipping our lord and savior Richard Stallman?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days 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-up1·10 days 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-down1·13 days 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-213 days 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-squareendeavor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agoDoing dumb shit like imperial, farenheit and mm dd yyyy is the most conservative thing possible. By definition.
minus-squareTabbsTheBat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoWould probably claim it’s chinese propaganda or smth, and then go back to golfing
minus-squaredutchkimble@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoIt’s the only correct way to save file names
minus-squaresittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days 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-up2·13 days 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.