Honestly for years I never knew that either. But with the work I do I eventually learned. I'm a network engineer and specialize in voice over IP. My European users were always bitching that the date was wrong on thier phones. Took me a while to figure out what the hell they were talking about.
LOL I hear you, but it's all about context. If you're dealing with stuff on a daily basis then its always current. I typically don't - most of my stuff is longer term so the year actually is relevant.
We (US) are pretty much the only country in the world that write the date as month/day/year. Everyone else write it as day/month/year.
I did not know that. Thanks
Honestly for years I never knew that either. But with the work I do I eventually learned. I'm a network engineer and specialize in voice over IP. My European users were always bitching that the date was wrong on thier phones. Took me a while to figure out what the hell they were talking about.
Thanks for freaking me out for 2.6 seconds. ;o)
Not a problem. Anytime you need one I'm here.
I don't care how anyone else in the world does it, I always use year/month/day. Sorts better on the computer.
So backwards then.
The year is generally superfluous as unless you are living in a hole you know the year.
I already know the month too, so I am really interested in the day which is pulling up the rear like the system was designed by a dyslexic.
I know, you don't care.
KEK.
LOL I hear you, but it's all about context. If you're dealing with stuff on a daily basis then its always current. I typically don't - most of my stuff is longer term so the year actually is relevant.
Unless you have files that go back years, in the same folder.
It's not about YOU knowing what year it is, and what month it is. It's about easily being able to sort through files.
I can see your point but I don't agree that this is a common enough use scenario that we should have all our dates backwards.
It's hardly the biggest issue we face today though and I will struggle through. ;)
Yep, ISO8601 is the way to go: year-month-day
You can also append time (and timezone) to it if need be
Based. I do the same.
...damn metric system...
u/#michaelconfused
By design. Just like they keep the US on the English system and the rest on the metric. To keep us divided and prone to misunderstanding each other.