▲ 373 ▼ This mofo was born on the wrong day (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] barsoap@lemm.ee -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only thing worse than mm/dd/yyyy is dd/mm/yyyy. Use a bloody different separator if you're writing dates correctly. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) What wrong with / permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy. When I see slashes I expect that, when I see dots I expect dd.mm.yyyy, when I see hyphens I expect yyyy-mm-dd. And then comes along a random I guess Canuck and writes something totally incomprehensible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyNotPublicAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy No, it's already in use for dd/mm/yyyy. When the majority of the world sees slashes (with the four-digit year at the end), they expect that. Americans are the ones making things ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Then, fine, make the yanks use another symbol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) What wrong with / permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy. When I see slashes I expect that, when I see dots I expect dd.mm.yyyy, when I see hyphens I expect yyyy-mm-dd. And then comes along a random I guess Canuck and writes something totally incomprehensible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyNotPublicAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy No, it's already in use for dd/mm/yyyy. When the majority of the world sees slashes (with the four-digit year at the end), they expect that. Americans are the ones making things ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Then, fine, make the yanks use another symbol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy. When I see slashes I expect that, when I see dots I expect dd.mm.yyyy, when I see hyphens I expect yyyy-mm-dd. And then comes along a random I guess Canuck and writes something totally incomprehensible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyNotPublicAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy No, it's already in use for dd/mm/yyyy. When the majority of the world sees slashes (with the four-digit year at the end), they expect that. Americans are the ones making things ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Then, fine, make the yanks use another symbol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyNotPublicAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's already in use for mm/dd/yyyy No, it's already in use for dd/mm/yyyy. When the majority of the world sees slashes (with the four-digit year at the end), they expect that. Americans are the ones making things ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Then, fine, make the yanks use another symbol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Then, fine, make the yanks use another symbol. permalink fedilink source parent
