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ISO8601

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Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12 (thebeaverton.com)
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Because he didn't know about ISO8601. The only correct date format, especially in Canada.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Care to elaborate? In my part of the world it absolutely is, with only some confusion sometimes caused by American dates

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Large parts of asia (and prob some elsewhere) use YYYY/MM/DD