So how old is devRant?

I saw the joined date on @dfox profile but didn't know if it's 1st of November or 11th of January.

If it's the second then I don't like the date format. 😁

@h3ll Does it mean that Americans don't like our date formats either? It’s somewhat an honest question.

@dfox bug report: dates should use ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)

I actually prefer DD/MM/YYYY. It makes more sense; sorta like a pyramid format. People always get confused if they read stuff I date so I've just learnt to write out the month DD "Month" YYYY. Can we get a global standard that includes US please?

@Dominator7k1 there is a global standard. ISO-8601. And it makes more sense: from the biggest to the smallest. Numbers, postal addresses, MAC-addresses and many other adressable things are named with the biggest unit at the front and then getting smaller.

@h3ll I like to live in (probably misplaced) optimism :)

@Dominator7k1 @darksideplease Is right, it's also easier to sort dates this way

@h3ll we in Sweden use it too

I think

@perix2 @dfox I think this YYYY/MM/DD would be better.

The only format that really make sense, when it come to the technology. Must be the YYYY-MM-DD format.

But personally on non technology base day to day use, I like the DD-MM-YYYY best.

@Doehl But again technology and day to day life are so tied to each other these days.

Relevant

@tisaconundrum well, if we write with that format in school we get points off

@h3ll sad thing is that even our military follows the rest of the world and uses the standard. I feel ashamed of my country...

Born and raised in the US. Nowadays, I use YYYY-MM-DD at least half of the time -- even in official paperwork -- because it's unambiguous.

And, ya know, it follows the rule of most-to-least significant digits.

You know what's even better? Just show the date in plain english if it's being presented to the user. Like:
"Joined on Nov. 1st 2016"

@divil lol yes that is also unambiguous and pleasing to read. :) My point was that confusion only occurs if we insist on presenting the date to users in formats like MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY, etc.

It's way more obvious when you see the name or abbreviation of a month!

Clearly we should all be using: Stardate 94592.62 🤓