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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Why is the format not:

2025/4/12

Biggest time frame to smallest time frame (year, month, then day)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Because humans are not computers. That scheme makes sense when you are filling out things that are not nearby in time. For example, filling in your birth date on tax forms.

Otherwise, humans don't generally need the context of the year. The same is true of the month only if the context is clear (I'll see you on the 20th implies the very next 20th). A year is much longer and most things are not planned out that far in advance. If they are, they often dont have precise dates in which case a month or even a quarter is more appropriate.

Time is also one of those things where humans are so used to contextual processing that representing the full date adds overhead. 2025/4/20, 4/20/2025, 20/4/2025 all take more processing than "the 20th" or "next Sunday".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

ISO Tanf rise up.

Also 2025/04/12

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

For written format that is ideal but when talking about a date, say in two weeks time, saying the year is redundant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This is how I do it- my folders and files are super easy to find

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Canada uses this

yyyy/mm/dd

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In my computer engineering course this is literally how we were told to write the date on our lab reports.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a computer scientist, I've been doing this everywhere for over 10 years already. Be the change you want to see in the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I worked for a company that did their dates multiple ways and it was fucking impossible to know what date was what. It was super frustrating. I'd prefer this, but if you don't, at least keep it consistent once you start.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If a date starts with the year, everyone will know the thing after it is the month. I've never ever seen YYYY/DD/MM. That, to me, seems like it wouldn't add additional confusion at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

They flipped month and day. If it was the year, you're right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

my guess is order of relevance.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

2025/4/12

Don't forget leading zeroes, we're not half assing this!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Issues with unix paths. I prefer 2025-04-12.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago