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"This date format works for almost 61% of the year" isn't a great selling point.

dangond 4y ago
This date format works for just as much of the year as DD/MM/YYYY though, and is just as ambiguous as the other format is if you don't know who the author is.
- 3np 4y ago
  Sure. Which is why a non-ambiguous format would be preferred, like the ISO standard YYYY-MM-DD.
  - thewataccount 4y ago
    Which is also nice and sortable
- andreareina 4y ago
  Which is why if I have to write a date in non-big-endian order I try to spell the month out, e.g. 07 Dec 2022
- sebazzz 4y ago
  The DD-MM-YYYY format is often used with dashes instead of slashes.
  - gregmac 4y ago
    I actually don't think I've ever seen that one in the wild! I've seen 7-Dec-2022 which looks goofy to me but is at least unambiguous. What does a full timestamp look like? For consistency I hope it goes all-in on being little-endian: ss:mm:HH DD-MM-YYYY
    - sebazzz 4y ago
      You’re describing DD-MMM-YYYY. What I’m saying is DD-MM-YYYY, like 7-12-2022 which is pretty common. Also, time is often shown after the date.
- fijiaarone 4y ago
  Day of month has no meaning without specifying the month, unless you specifically say “this month”. So providing the day before the month does not provide any contextual advantage. However, in most cases, the year is not necessary for contextual meaning. So the alternatives are month + day or month + day and year. If you don’t understand why something is done, but it’s been done for a long time, chances are that it evolved to be that way for a reason. If something is arbitrarily dictated to replace an evolved system, there is most likely some information or practical purpose that is lost.
- alkonaut 4y ago
  I now this is a bit beside the topic, but I basically know of two date formats: those with slashes in the, one should ignore because they have no meaning (because they are ambiguous) and an iso-like format which starts with yyyy and uses hyphens and I know I can rely on it to be yyyy-MM-dd so there is no risk of ambiguity (Unless of course someone uses yyyy-dd-MM but I don't think that format is a thing, it would be like writing a quarter past six as 15:06)
nonethewiser 4y ago
It works for the entire year though.

This date format works for just as much of the year as DD/MM/YYYY though, and is just as ambiguous as the other format is if you don't know who the author is.

3np 4y ago
Sure. Which is why a non-ambiguous format would be preferred, like the ISO standard YYYY-MM-DD.
- thewataccount 4y ago
  Which is also nice and sortable
andreareina 4y ago
Which is why if I have to write a date in non-big-endian order I try to spell the month out, e.g. 07 Dec 2022
sebazzz 4y ago
The DD-MM-YYYY format is often used with dashes instead of slashes.
- gregmac 4y ago
  I actually don't think I've ever seen that one in the wild! I've seen 7-Dec-2022 which looks goofy to me but is at least unambiguous. What does a full timestamp look like? For consistency I hope it goes all-in on being little-endian: ss:mm:HH DD-MM-YYYY
  - sebazzz 4y ago
    You’re describing DD-MMM-YYYY. What I’m saying is DD-MM-YYYY, like 7-12-2022 which is pretty common. Also, time is often shown after the date.
fijiaarone 4y ago
Day of month has no meaning without specifying the month, unless you specifically say “this month”. So providing the day before the month does not provide any contextual advantage. However, in most cases, the year is not necessary for contextual meaning. So the alternatives are month + day or month + day and year. If you don’t understand why something is done, but it’s been done for a long time, chances are that it evolved to be that way for a reason. If something is arbitrarily dictated to replace an evolved system, there is most likely some information or practical purpose that is lost.
alkonaut 4y ago
I now this is a bit beside the topic, but I basically know of two date formats: those with slashes in the, one should ignore because they have no meaning (because they are ambiguous) and an iso-like format which starts with yyyy and uses hyphens and I know I can rely on it to be yyyy-MM-dd so there is no risk of ambiguity (Unless of course someone uses yyyy-dd-MM but I don't think that format is a thing, it would be like writing a quarter past six as 15:06)

nonethewiser 4y ago

It works for the entire year though.