YYYY-MM-DD if you're doing backup naming, easier to find
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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Yup, versioned files ALWAYS get a YYYY-MM-DD HHMM timestamp. So when you sort alphabetically, they sort chronologically.
For consistency, Americans should adopt mm:ss.hh MM-DD-YYYY.
For consistency, Europeans should adopt ss:mm:hh DD-MM-YYYY.
See how ridiculous that is? ISO8601 or GTFO
The european one is sorted based on importance to see. The day is more important than the month which is more important than the year. The hour is more important than the minute which is more important than the second
But in any given situation where the month is important enough that I need to know it, I want to know the month regardless of the day. The 25th means fuck all to me unless I know the month, as well; whereas there are plenty of scenarios where I want to know the month but the day isn't quite as important.
The same thing happens to the year and day too
January means nothing if you dont know the year
Usually if someone just says the 25th that means of the current month. The month only needs to be referred to if it's not the same as the current. (In conversation)
At least ss:mm:hh and DD-MM-YYYY are internally consistent, even if they aren't consistent with each other.
MM-DD-YYYY isn't even internally consistent.
Immediate red flag, we all know that YYYY/MM/DD is the only acceptable perfect date
Actually YYYY-MM-DD is better since it can be used basically everywhere and with / it can't be used in filenames
This fucknuts who thinks day should come before year, hah! Give me YYYY-MM-DD, because dashes are better than slashes any day of the week.
This format is the best. Especially for digital file names, because sorting the files by filename also sorts them by date.
For computing or sorting purposes, YYYY-MM-DD is best. But in day to day writing a date, I prefer DD-MON-YYYY.
11-006-2025 ?
11-Jun-2025
It's shit format but at least it's better than 11.6.2025 or 6/11/2025
Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.
Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.
YYYYMMDD, scrub out the excess fat!
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