directive0 to Star [email protected]English • 20 days agoAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.imagemessage-square147arrow-up1399arrow-down113
arrow-up1386arrow-down1imageAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.directive0 to Star [email protected]English • 20 days agomessage-square147
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglish18•19 days agoThis is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
minus-square@CustosliberalinkEnglish4•edit-219 days agoHow do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format? In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year. If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglish4•19 days agoYY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
minus-squareTechognitolinkEnglish1•19 days agoway to long just short it down: 3248 clearly the best way to show date … This should be obvious, but just in case people take this seriously. It’ a joke
Nope, 2024-08-30
This is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
How do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format?
In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year.
If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
YY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
07-26, surely?
Nope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
https://xkcd.com/1179/
Relevant XKCD
way to long just short it down: 3248
clearly the best way to show date
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This should be obvious, but just in case people take this seriously. It’ a joke