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3/29/18? What sort of date format is that? Regardless of your stack, use ISO 8601 for dates.

cessor 9y ago
That's the third of Thunderfiretober of 2018, what's your problem, isn't that clear? ;) Playing devil's advocate here. This kind of date formatting is really confusing to me (German) and I almost overread that the question asked for the current en vogue tech...
- perilunar 9y ago
  > This kind of date formatting is really confusing to me You, me, and most of the world outside the USA. Check out the map here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
hungerstrike 9y ago
That's one of the most common date formats used in the United States. Are you suggesting to use ISO 8601 format to display dates to users instead of the users local or preferred format?
- perilunar 9y ago
  Yes. This site, like many, has a large international audience. Don't assume your local (and illogical) format is your users'. It just confuses people. Use an unambiguous format: use 8601 or spell out the month.
  - hungerstrike 9y ago
    That's my point exactly. It's an international audience but it's also an informal social environment where we can't expect everybody to be cognizant of that fact at every moment and make adjustments for it. As such, you shouldn't be too strict about what you feel is the "logical" way of doing things. Anyway, according to alexa, the great majority of HN readers are from the US - https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com
    - perilunar 9y ago
      > the great majority of HN readers are from the US 57.5% is not a 'great majority'. It's only slightly more than half! > we can't expect everybody to be cognizant of that fact That's why I remind people. Use international standards/formats and be less insular. (And FFS, go metric ;)
      - hungerstrike 9y ago
        57% is the greatest number on that chart. I didn’t see any other number past say 9% if I remember correctly. (It was actually 6%.) That’s the great majority. Yes, be less insular too... however please try to do it in a non-snarky way that won’t provoke the other human beings.

That's the third of Thunderfiretober of 2018, what's your problem, isn't that clear? ;) Playing devil's advocate here. This kind of date formatting is really confusing to me (German) and I almost overread that the question asked for the current en vogue tech...

perilunar 9y ago
> This kind of date formatting is really confusing to me You, me, and most of the world outside the USA. Check out the map here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country

hungerstrike 9y ago

That's one of the most common date formats used in the United States. Are you suggesting to use ISO 8601 format to display dates to users instead of the users local or preferred format?

perilunar 9y ago
Yes. This site, like many, has a large international audience. Don't assume your local (and illogical) format is your users'. It just confuses people. Use an unambiguous format: use 8601 or spell out the month.
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  That's my point exactly. It's an international audience but it's also an informal social environment where we can't expect everybody to be cognizant of that fact at every moment and make adjustments for it. As such, you shouldn't be too strict about what you feel is the "logical" way of doing things. Anyway, according to alexa, the great majority of HN readers are from the US - https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com
  - perilunar 9y ago
    > the great majority of HN readers are from the US 57.5% is not a 'great majority'. It's only slightly more than half! > we can't expect everybody to be cognizant of that fact That's why I remind people. Use international standards/formats and be less insular. (And FFS, go metric ;)
    - hungerstrike 9y ago
      57% is the greatest number on that chart. I didn’t see any other number past say 9% if I remember correctly. (It was actually 6%.) That’s the great majority. Yes, be less insular too... however please try to do it in a non-snarky way that won’t provoke the other human beings.