There’s only one way to write a date (DD/MM/[YY]YY). I don’t know why they think their take is so controversial.
No??? YY/MM/DD is perfectly acceptable?
MM/DD/(YY)YY???
yyyy/mm/dd is best IMO because using that system when naming digital files keeps them in perfect chronological order
like 2025/12/06, 2025/12/07, etc
How the FUCK does dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy work better?? So I can scroll through 01/01/2025, 01/02/2025, 01/03/2025 etc etc etc??
Under WHAT circumstances would I want that
I’m gonna get my gun license through legal means and use it responsibly
Edit: I DID read the URL but coherent filing systems are an emotional passion of mine in a way that outweighs commitment to the bit
Okay so I have thoughts
yyyy/mm/dd is objectively correct for digital storage/archival purposes in the same way that Celsius is correct for science/physics purposes. It is always sorted correctly, flows from biggest chunk of time to smallest, is
I posit that for personal/conversational/human use Month/Day/Year is most helpful, same as Fahrenheit being tied to human-experienced temperatures. If I’m trying to ascertain when something is happening or happened, leading with the day it happened just means I have to skip farther along to find out when the thing is actually. May 4th, 2026 I find conveys an idea of time better than 4th of May, 2026
I think yyyy/mm/dd is also better specifically when communicating personally/socially with other people in settings where there’s a risk that they might all use different dating systems
I mean, ideally the clearest option in that case would be to actually spell out the name of the month. But failing that, yyyy/mm/dd is the clearest to avoid any ambiguity
If you see “2025/12/10” there’s very little chance you’re going to misread it as October 12th– even if you’ve been raised with a system where “12/10” would usually mean October 12th to you. The year makes it clear that these numbers are in order of year to month to date.
