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I originally posted this on the other site back when I took the picture, and it resulted in a lot of confused comments, especially from Americans, eventually getting removed by overzealous mods. Either way, I promise you that this date does not exist, and has never existed.

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[-] RandomWalker@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

American here, that didn’t expire on February 29th, it will expire on the second of Viginti-September. Easy mistake to make.

[-] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Viginti-September 2 is my birthday!

[-] Freewheel@lemmynsfw.com 57 points 2 years ago

When read in the only proper order, it translates (for the non-technical types), to February 23rd, 2029.

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[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 40 points 2 years ago

I think you'll find the 23rd of February exists. Fuck knows what preservatives are in those things to last a bit over 5 years.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

Everyone's getting the dates wrong, it's clearly the 23rd month of 2902 👍

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

That can't be it either since 2902 isn't a leap year so it only has about a dozen months

[-] TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 8 points 2 years ago

You weren’t sent the last memo, in 2500 we’ll finally replace the current, broken time system with an evolution of Swatch’s Internet Time. Days are divided in 1000 tiny parts, and years are also adjusted. A 2501 years has 50 months, except for leap years that now have 60 months

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[-] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 31 points 2 years ago

This comment section turned out almost as chaotic and confused as the old one, it's actually quite impressive.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I mean, I'm sure just like "the other site" there are a bunch of folks just attempting to be funny. Some folks are really serious about date standards though, woof.

Just enjoy your timeless bagels and try not to go full Everything Bagel on us.

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[-] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago
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[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago

Remember, kids, not to ever compute dates yourselves. Use a library for that.

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

I've made that mistake a couple times, sending bills to people for things like April 31st. Have since swapped to letting python make calendars for me.

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[-] MTK@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

It's just seconds since unix epoch

Sun 4 January 1970 08:37:03 UTC

[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Well that’s just February twenty ni- oh. I see.

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

My guess is they forgot to advance the year on the stamper. 290224 does exist.

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[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago

Sorry, but are you certain that number is both a date and the day it expires?

It could instead be a cash register code (perhaps a specific combination of ingredients), or the employee number for who made it (because Janet keeps fucking up, and Darma is sick of being blamed.)

[-] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Yes I am certain, I know how expiry dates are written on bread in Sweden, I lived there. This was also said on my last post, but I promise you, it's just an error and should have said March 1st.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

People put these days on with a handheld price gun. So it's just someone who didn't realize the month didn't go that long.

Also why do these bagels last 2 more months? They usually last a few days.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

They expired 10 months ago. 23, not 24

[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Or they got the year wrong unless you bought extremely expired bread or the much less plausible answer, this is an old picture.

[-] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Yes, that's definitely not very plausible, that this is an old picture ;)

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Feb 29, 2023 is actually March 1, 2023.

lol at everyone missing that 2023 isn't a leap year and just getting confused by the European format.

[-] Ixoid@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Damn the date - I want to know how you can buy invisible bagels?

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[-] ButteredToast@lemmyf.uk 10 points 2 years ago

Uh am I just special, because I saw February 29th 2023 immediately Isn't a lot of things formatted in the DD/MM/YYYY type especially for expiration dates

[-] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 9 points 2 years ago

February 29th 2023 isn't a real date

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 9 points 2 years ago
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[-] ares35@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

my sister got married on feb 29th. their 'second' anniversary is next year.

[-] yenahmik@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

My uncle was born on Feb 29. We both had our 16th birthdays the same year.

[-] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

The person marking them doesn't get paid enough to care.

23rd of February 2029?

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