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Does anyone use mm.dd.yyyy?

• brummm 6y ago
  Germany does. Probably the majority of Europe too
  • eitland 6y ago
    I think you misread: most of mainland Europe including Germany use dd.mm.yyyy or something else that is reasonable sane even if it isn't sortable like yyyy-mm-dd. Or am I wrong on this? Norway at least use mm.dd.yyyy and never mm/dd or mm.dd.yyyy
    • lioeters 6y ago
      > The format dd.mm.yyyy using dots is the traditional German date format. > Since 1996-05-01, the international format yyyy-mm-dd has become the official standard date format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
      • arrrg 6y ago
        Schools still teach DD.MM.YYYY. That’s what’s relevant because that’s what people actually widely use. Shouldn’t Americans be very familiar with the idea that official norms (the metric system) play no role if the people don’t want to use them?
        • lioeters 6y ago
          I understand - it seems I was too optimistic to read that the use of yyyy-mm-dd has become "the official standard" in Germany, without considering the popular usage and convention under discussion.
    • pintxo 6y ago
      Afaik Norway also uses the sane format: DD.MM.YYYY See parent source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
      • eitland 6y ago
        Edit: of course. To late to edit but if you read my post, but that was what I meant.