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do you now whats ridiculous? that we germans (and europeans) also use the iso 8601 but it's still allowed to use din 5008 and the european date and time notatio
by merb 5y ago
do you now whats ridiculous? that we germans (and europeans) also use the iso 8601 but it's still allowed to use din 5008 and the european date and time notations... WHY???
it's so stupid to use dd.MM.yyyy, it's worse in every way to yyyy-MM-dd. worse than that the old notation is preferred in most official documents..... WHY....
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoBecause unless you start fining or imprisoning people for using the wrong date format, people don't care what you write in a law book and will continue to use what they're used to if it works well enough. Allowing DIN 5008 simply acknowledges reality. Not acknowledging reality is a good way to make people decide that whatever is telling them they're doing it wrong is just "ivory tower" nonsense and should all be ignored at best, possibly actively opposed.
- xdennis 5y agoWhen using yyyy-MM-dd, I've had two people comment that they'd prefer if I didn't use American dates.