c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 Sep 2026 19:37 dating tips check post at origin
My dating tip?
YY/MM/DD
No love for YYYY-MM-DD?
If you see a date in that format, it’s pretty unambiguous.
Also great for naming files in the filesystem, and thereby giving it both context and a sorting space.
I started doing so in my company on the shared network space years ago, and many colleagues have started using this as well.
You’re right. I literally forgot the first two Y. Or rather I assumed they were implied.
/are also not valid for ISO-8601iso 8601 or get out
See, my dating tip is the exact opposite.
DD/MM/YY
The worst date format. Even worse than Americans mm dd yy
Might I suggest Y/MM/DD/YYY ?
Thanks, but Y/M/DD/M/YYY already does it just fine for me
YTMND
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Days are shorter than months, which are shorter than years.
Makes sense to go with smallest to largest.
It might make sense but that doesn’t make it better
Ah, but the month number set is smaller than the day number set. It makes just as much sense to order by sets.
Plus, starting with the month gives you time to remember what day it is without having to sit there awkwardly.
I prefer large to small imo, plus computers prefer yy mm dd too
I prefer classifaction in descending order… Narrow down the yearx then the month then the day then the hour then the seconds. Absolutely nobody wants seconds first then minutes
But this would lead to files from the first of any month and any year to be bunched together.