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> You could approximate this with Latin characters too, say 2018Y04M05D, but I think there is something to be said for having a distinct ideograph to improve re
by zeveb 9y ago
> You could approximate this with Latin characters too, say 2018Y04M05D, but I think there is something to be said for having a distinct ideograph to improve readability and unambiguously mark a day, month, year, hour, minute or second.
Great, now you have n+1 standards …
- syrrim 9y agoIt already exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations
- SllX 9y agoAbout 1.5B people give or take already use or are familiar with this standard (Chinese ideographs, not my lame Latin spin on it), so we still only have n standards. This is more about picking one and extending its usage to other locales.