nixCraft 🐧Feb 1, 2023
date formats 😅
Show threadJoe Julian

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I'm going to go outside. Which piece of information about the date is of the highest value when choosing what to wear?

Not the year. Not the day of the month.

It's a sunny February morning, but the month means it's winter and the weather will probably change. Better bring the warm waterproof coat.

mm/dd/yyyy is ordered by the importance of the data to a human.

Feb 1, 2023 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadniemsFeb 1, 2023
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Usually you get something like mm/dd/yy and as a European person you're SOL trying to figure out what is meant about 1/3 of every month...
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Show threadJoe JulianFeb 1, 2023

@niemalsnever @nixCraft The European date standard seem the least logical of all. At least I can see some sense of history in the month-first approach as our agrarian ancestors were much more interested in the month than anything.

But from a strictly logical point of view, yyyy/mm/dd is the only other format that makes sense as it follows the same pattern as how we format numbers, the rightmost digit incrementing and carrying to the left.

btw, this is all tongue-in-cheek and just for fun.

Show threadBenFeb 1, 2023
@JoeJulian @nixCraft maybe in the northern hemisphere...
Show threaddragonfrogFeb 1, 2023

@JoeJulian @nixCraft
Only because we all messed up and missed the opportunity to adopt the Republican calendar.

"Does the day of the month end in 9 or 0? If so then I don't have to get dressed *at all* because it's the weekend."

We were almost a real country.

Show threadJiří Fiala Total LandscapingFeb 2, 2023
@JoeJulian @nixCraft I'm expecting a plumber in the next few days. Guess which part of the date is the most important? It's not the month :) See? Two can play that game ;)
Show threadFleur Chrysaliz Feb 2, 2023
@JoeJulian @nixCraft Then it should be Weekday because i wanna know when i gotta work, When i think on those terms the day is more important, not the month because of Fashion, but the day in which i will work or will go talk to a friend or will take holidays or vacation days. Literally no one ever said to one another "See you in February" the day is always more important in the human context. Also for clothes, you sort by season, not month.
Show threadStephen J. AndersonFeb 2, 2023
@JoeJulian @nixCraft Wait, you check the calendar before you go outside?
Show threadbEA 🔓Feb 2, 2023
@JoeJulian ah yes, written dates. That’s how I prioritise clothing. Not say, the weather forecast or anything. Hell no. I write down the date and then cross out everything after the first element. Only then can I get dressed. I then make sure to forget this information immediately so I can do the same thing tomorrow.
Show threadTom DB 🦣Feb 5, 2023
@bea @JoeJulian
Show threadSebastiaan HekmanFeb 5, 2023
@JoeJulian @nixCraft It's summer for me now, February. #Chile. You know, north/south hemisphere.