DDMMYYYY is better than MMDDYYYY

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Jul 13, 2020
7:04:29am

a priori Truly Addicted User

Technology because time is a construct and calendars are technology.

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a priori

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DDMMYYYY is better than MMDDYYYY

a priori

7/13/20 7:04am

However, YYYYMMDD is preferred.

a priori

7/13/20 7:06am

Hack. Dang it!

LeftOfNormal

7/13/20 7:08am

yes.... sortable. logical. perfect.

boogers

7/13/20 7:18am

This is the one

Indy Coug

7/13/20 7:41am

And adding hours, min, and seconds to this timestamp is a more natural extension

Nathanael Greene

7/13/20 7:47am

But if for reasons of technology, then YYYYMMDD is even better than that because

LeftOfNormal

7/13/20 7:07am

I still use DDMMMYY that I learned in the Air Force

tjngirlz

7/13/20 7:24am

This. It's unambiguous but breaks internationally.

annapcoug

7/13/20 8:02am

Not if I want to do a alpha-numeric sort on date to get oldest to newest or vice versa

Indy Coug

7/13/20 7:41am

Military style (DD-MMM-YYYY) avoids all confusion

NorthernLight

7/13/20 7:59am

Why 3 Ms

cougaman

7/13/20 8:32am

I might be wrong, but I'm assuming those become letters. 13-JUL-2020

Rex Kwon Do

7/13/20 8:45am

Makes sense. Hasn't considered letters instead of numbers

cougaman

7/13/20 8:46am

Yep, this is the one that is impossible to misunderstand.

d-coug

7/13/20 8:58am

Never ceases to amaze me the discussion topics on here.

zephyr

7/13/20 8:32am

Football esta muerto

Indy Coug

7/13/20 9:40am

Better than Net/Gross, right?

a priori

7/13/20 9:53am

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