This is only true when dealing with huge amounts electronic data, for easy sorting and such. DD.MM.YYYY is superior for everyday use. Don’t even try to change my mind
If most of the dates you’re looking at are within a reasonably narrow span (say 90 days), DD.MM.YYYY gives you the important information first, and you can often omit the YYYY entirely.
Exactly. It’s also spoken in that order for that reason. At least in the languages I know. If I ask you for the date and you start with 2026, I’ll be a litte confused.
True. But I found that out after importing loads of photos from my old phone where I stored everything DDMMYYYY. Shit was all fucked up (winXP times). I’m used to DD-MM-YY on a daily basis, which is totally fine. Just don’t name your files like that xD
Maybe if you used the metric system you wouldn’t be in an argument in the first place, avoiding this whole situation.
Their argument was about the optimal date format to use.
What’s there to discuss about ISO 8601?
Easy. YYYY-MM-DD Z-HH:MM(:SS)
Anything else in inferior.
This is only true when dealing with huge amounts electronic data, for easy sorting and such. DD.MM.YYYY is superior for everyday use. Don’t even try to change my mind
As a Hungarian I have to say that YYYY.MM.DD. Is clearly fucking superior.
Please elaborate. Can’t see how this could be true in any situation but I’m willing to hear you out xd
If most of the dates you’re looking at are within a reasonably narrow span (say 90 days), DD.MM.YYYY gives you the important information first, and you can often omit the YYYY entirely.
Exactly. It’s also spoken in that order for that reason. At least in the languages I know. If I ask you for the date and you start with 2026, I’ll be a litte confused.
True. But I found that out after importing loads of photos from my old phone where I stored everything DDMMYYYY. Shit was all fucked up (winXP times). I’m used to DD-MM-YY on a daily basis, which is totally fine. Just don’t name your files like that xD
Everything that doesn’t start with the month is fine for me. This shit is vile!
So YDYMDYMY it shall be!
YYYY-DD-MM? Don’t be ridiculous!
Well it doesnt start with M
MYYYY-DD-M
MM-DD-YYYY is best!
YYYY-DDD
I prefer SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS because what can be more accurate and objective??