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[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Waiting for the ISO 8601 & 9001 gang to show up and promote YYYY-MM-DD.

Edit: That took seconds, a very punctual bunch.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago
[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Whoo! ISO-8601 fan club!

[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

YYYYMMDD, scrub out the excess fat!

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

If only there were some international standards organization to make a decision for us!

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[-] trijste@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

ISO thirsty!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That's ... why I'm here

[-] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

RFC 3339 if you please. Let's be prescriptive.

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[-] vinnymac@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I’m now imagining a child who must write 2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z on all of their tests.

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[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

ISO 8601 gang.

Represent.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

This fucknuts who thinks day should come before year, hah! Give me YYYY-MM-DD, because dashes are better than slashes any day of the week.

[-] glibg@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

This format is the best. Especially for digital file names, because sorting the files by filename also sorts them by date.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Immediate red flag, we all know that YYYY/MM/DD is the only acceptable perfect date

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

Agreed. As a nonviolent person, I'm willing to go to war over this. Can't have two files from different years listed side by side because they were from the first day of different months. That's anarchy.

[-] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Actually YYYY-MM-DD is better since it can be used basically everywhere and with / it can't be used in filenames

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[-] esc27@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

If you use DD/MM/YYYY then logically you should also use ss:mm:hh

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago
[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

Sarcastically Shaking My Many Hydra Heads.

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[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

YYYYMMDDHHMMSS is the only acceptable format.

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago

ISO 8601 is clearly much superior due to being delimited.

[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

ISO is paywalled therefore inferior than the free RFC.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

This is stupid AF.

YYYY/MM/DD

This is the best choice.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

/ isn't a valid char in filenames, yyyy-mm-dd is better

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[-] pyrflie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Heretic!

YYYY.MM.DD is the correct format.

[-] Matombo@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

small correction: YYYY-MM-DD to avoid common special meanings chars

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

For consistency, Americans should adopt mm:ss.hh MM-DD-YYYY.

[-] ManixT@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

For consistency, Europeans should adopt ss:mm:hh DD-MM-YYYY.

See how ridiculous that is? ISO8601 or GTFO

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

The european one is sorted based on importance to see. The day is more important than the month which is more important than the year. The hour is more important than the minute which is more important than the second

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[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

My time abroad has taught me that YYYY/MM/DD is the way to format dates.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

My time using a computer and trying to have any semblance of organization has taught me the same

[-] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

my man!

its really the only option if you're using it for things like file storage.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

YYYY-MM-DD if you're doing backup naming, easier to find

[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yup, versioned files ALWAYS get a YYYY-MM-DD HHMM timestamp. So when you sort alphabetically, they sort chronologically.

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[-] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

iso8601 aka 2025-06-12

[-] hacktheegg@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

I'm fine with anything in the realm of yyyymmdd or reversed, as long as it isn't the confusing format that is common in the USA

[-] wdx@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

rfc3339 my beloved

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I'm the only one annoyed about DD/MM/YYYY not being a date, but a date "format"?

Not only it's a recycled joke, it doesn't even make sense.

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