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The best are that have a settings page where they try to give an example. But use a day-of-month =< 12. Like your example. It couldn't have hurt to use and exam

The best are that have a settings page where they try to give an example. But use a day-of-month =< 12. Like your example. It couldn't have hurt to use and example of "22/05/2020"; then it is still infuriating, but clear.

Youden 6y ago
> It couldn't have hurt to use and example of "22/05/2020"; then it is still infuriating, but clear. Assuming you're addressing OP with this part, I think that was their point. When an application presents you with "04/05/2020", you have no way of knowing whether it means crazy American dates or normal-people dates.
- kohtatsu 6y ago
  This is reason enough for me to use 2020-04-05 exclusively. Lexical order is a bonus.
  - mokus 6y ago
    Just wait, someone will implement that as May 4, 2020.
    - mark-r 6y ago
      It's possible, but very unlikely. The year-day-month convention has never been used anywhere that I'm aware of. YYYY-MM-DD is such a good idea it was turned into an ISO standard.
- OrangeMango 6y ago
  > "04/05/2020", you have no way of knowing whether it means crazy American dates In just about every professional setting I've been in (in the US), Americans are just as confused as everyone else. We deal with people and documents/data from the entire world too. We look for clues elsewhere, such as other dates from the same source that have any number greater than 12, etc. There are very few documents these days where you be 100% confident without some other confirmation.
ranieuwe 6y ago
I so much just prefer Apr-05 2020. Clear to all.
- Tagbert 6y ago
  Are we talking BCE or CE? :)
  - wool_gather 6y ago
    Were there Aprils in BCE?
    - rovolo 6y ago
      Yes, the Roman calendar called the month "Aprilis". 10/12 of the modern Gregorian names were present in the calendar used by the Roman Republic (~500 BCE). Mark Antony renamed the month of "Quintilis" to "Julius" after Julius Caeser's assassination. The senate renamed "Sextilis" to "Augustus" in 8 BCE to honor Julius's grand-nephew who ruled for 45 years as the first emperor of Rome. Of course, the Romans didn't use 'BCE' at that time. They referred to years by the consuls who held office that year.
- robotresearcher 6y ago
  Until you sort lexically, then madness.
- mark-r 6y ago
  I once had to write software that would create labels with a date, and said software would be used in both the U.S. and Ireland. I tried to push for the ISO standard of 2020-04-05 but couldn't get buy-in. Was finally forced to compromise on 2020-Apr-05.
- bckygldstn 6y ago
  While clear to all [english speakers] it still has US bias. Outside of the US it's more common to write 05 Apr 2020

Youden 6y ago

> It couldn't have hurt to use and example of "22/05/2020"; then it is still infuriating, but clear. Assuming you're addressing OP with this part, I think that was their point. When an application presents you with "04/05/2020", you have no way of knowing whether it means crazy American dates or normal-people dates.

kohtatsu 6y ago
This is reason enough for me to use 2020-04-05 exclusively. Lexical order is a bonus.
- mokus 6y ago
  Just wait, someone will implement that as May 4, 2020.
  - mark-r 6y ago
    It's possible, but very unlikely. The year-day-month convention has never been used anywhere that I'm aware of. YYYY-MM-DD is such a good idea it was turned into an ISO standard.
OrangeMango 6y ago
> "04/05/2020", you have no way of knowing whether it means crazy American dates In just about every professional setting I've been in (in the US), Americans are just as confused as everyone else. We deal with people and documents/data from the entire world too. We look for clues elsewhere, such as other dates from the same source that have any number greater than 12, etc. There are very few documents these days where you be 100% confident without some other confirmation.

ranieuwe 6y ago

I so much just prefer Apr-05 2020. Clear to all.

Tagbert 6y ago
Are we talking BCE or CE? :)
- wool_gather 6y ago
  Were there Aprils in BCE?
  - rovolo 6y ago
    Yes, the Roman calendar called the month "Aprilis". 10/12 of the modern Gregorian names were present in the calendar used by the Roman Republic (~500 BCE). Mark Antony renamed the month of "Quintilis" to "Julius" after Julius Caeser's assassination. The senate renamed "Sextilis" to "Augustus" in 8 BCE to honor Julius's grand-nephew who ruled for 45 years as the first emperor of Rome. Of course, the Romans didn't use 'BCE' at that time. They referred to years by the consuls who held office that year.
robotresearcher 6y ago
Until you sort lexically, then madness.
mark-r 6y ago
I once had to write software that would create labels with a date, and said software would be used in both the U.S. and Ireland. I tried to push for the ISO standard of 2020-04-05 but couldn't get buy-in. Was finally forced to compromise on 2020-Apr-05.
bckygldstn 6y ago
While clear to all [english speakers] it still has US bias. Outside of the US it's more common to write 05 Apr 2020