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#1
so, date formats....

13/5/2018 is way more helpful than 5/13/2018 ! I mean you don't look at the date for the month, you look for the day and the dd/m/yyyy etc. gives you the day on the far left, where the eye looks first! Much more helpful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zQu2r9ZJ2I

hmmmmm?



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#2
The United States uses mm/dd/yyyy format so I’m pretttyyy sure, we are going to stick with that one.

Wait was this a suggestion or a discussion. Either way US >>>
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#3
I've made a thread about this before.
USA's calendar system is indeed shit.
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(13th May 2018, 7:39 AM)Eternal Wrote: The United States uses mm/dd/yyyy format so I’m pretttyyy sure, we are going to stick with that one.

Wait was this a suggestion or a discussion. Either way US >>>

Just a discussion lol
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#5
dd/mm/yy makes way more sense, in my opinion.
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#6
I prefer fully writing the date out because it looks more professional and there is no ambiguity (i.e. 13 May 2018).
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(13th May 2018, 10:43 AM)Uptight 534 Wrote: I prefer fully writing the date out because it looks more professional and there is no ambiguity (i.e. 13 May 2018).

But it looks very unorganised, in my opinion at least.
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#8
mm/dd/yyyy makes way more sense. How does the day first make sense. Like its 5/13/2018, 13/5/2018 what. US ftw
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#9
day changes the most so u put it first, then month, then year
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It is a little odd how the US put their dates
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#11
The ISO standard is YYYY-MM-DD
With hyphens.

ISO 8601 < standard.

If you work in tech you'd BETTER have known that already or you deserve your head cut off with a chainsaw.

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#12
I have always put it this way DD/MM/YYYY


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(15th May 2018, 9:03 AM)An|0n Wrote: The ISO standard is YYYY-MM-DD
With hyphens.

ISO 8601 < standard.

If you work in tech you'd BETTER have known that already or you deserve your head cut off with a chainsaw.

kthxbai

i dont work in tech :/
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#14
That's actually why the format for most dates/times on the forum is DDth Month YYYY, HH:II PM

(15th May 2018, 9:24 PM)gemj Wrote: i dont work in tech :/

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(13th May 2018, 8:36 AM)Pillz Wrote: I've made a thread about this before.
USA's calendar system is indeed shit.

You read it 

"May 16th 2018"
"Not 16th of May 2018"
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"If you care about the Royal Wedding, your opinion doesn't matter" - Albert Einstein.
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(16th May 2018, 10:47 AM)Bluelightning Wrote: You read it 

"May 16th 2018"
"Not 16th of May 2018"

Some people read it in the latter way.
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(16th May 2018, 10:47 AM)Bluelightning Wrote: You read it 

"May 16th 2018"
"Not 16th of May 2018"

This is weird. 
I've always read it "16th of May 2018"
American English 'pronounce' dates differently I see.
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#19
ISO 8601 was created because of two countries in the world who write dates inside out for no good reason. One of them seems to believe that it's acceptable to use it as a default, too.
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#20
I like MM/DD/YYYY because I know it's just America, but at the same time I'm so used to writing it out as "May 21st, 2018" that it fits that format. In diction, if someone were to ask "Hey, what day is it?" I'd respond with "Oh, it's May 21st!". The year usually isn't relevant in conversation, so...
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