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    The GOAT has to be DD/MM/YY


    The GOAT has to be DD/MM/YY

    by New-Pick9985

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    2. ze_reddit_throwaway on

      February 2nd is better conversationally, so 2/2/26 instead of The Second of February, which is 2/2/26… wait…

    3. Rambos_Magnum_Dong on

      Software dev and veteran here.

      I’ve always used YYYYMMDD. The military required it for all signed documents. As a dev it helps to keep track of file versions;

      FileName (20260102).ext

      FileName (20260201).ext

    4. miko_top_bloke on

      DD/MM/YY is the only sensible way to format a date – from the smallest time unit to the biggest time unit, in acending order.

    5. R_Nelle on

      For daily use DD/MM/YYYY is more useful cause year you know bro..

      But for storage YYYY/MM/DD is more reliable and useful…

      The other one doesn’t make sense

    6. gramaticalError on

      MDY is based on the order you say it. “February Second, Twenty Twenty-Six.” (Obviously, some people say “Second of February,” but the point stands that both of these are commonly used, just like how MDY and DMY are both commonly used.) I don’t understand why some people find this so difficult.

    10. Stressisnotgood on

      Month Day Year makes sense if you sort it in ascending descending format.

      You don’t say 21st of June. You say June 21st and reads faster.

    12. Randzom100 on

      Mmhh… MM/DD/YY is better conversely, but not logically. If we sort time measures by how long a single unit lasts, we’d get Seconds:Minutes:Hours:Days:Months:Years. And tbf, logic is more universal that language.

    13. Efficient_Loss_9928 on

      just always use YYYYMMDD, because why would you sort your files in a random order. You can only properly sort it when using YYYYMMDD.

    18. pxldsilz on

      It’s just YY/MM/DD but we break it up with a comma so the most unchanging number comes last

    19. rddsknk89 on

      MM/DD/YYYY makes sense when you think about how people actually talk. Saying “it’s February 2nd” is faster and simpler than saying “it’s the 2nd of February.” It’s only a two syllable difference but I don’t think I’ll ever say “it’s the (day) of (month),” I’ll always say “it’s (month) (day)”

    20. hiricinee on

      MDY Is definitely the best, its from most importance to least importance in most functions. Most people know what year it is or if they dont they know the general time period.

      If I told you “it happened on the 5th” youd immediately be thinking in your head “the 5th of what?” However if I just say “it happened in october” you generally don’t need me to tell you the day or year

    21. RyCryst on

      Nah fuck DD/MM/YY. Give me that YY/MM/DD also I come from a work background where we dont use numbers for the month. We use Jan, Feb, Ect. Im used to YY/Mon/DD

    25. Meandering_Cabbage on

      I mean what’s the most useful information for most people operationally? What season is it? What part of the cycle, so month has the most information. That’s the ‘big’ question you need to get right for most things. Is your delivery on schedule in the right ball park. Then Day gives you specific info that’s really useful. Year typically isn’t that important for most communiques or it’s the big thing in which case you don’t need that other info.

    26. caca-casa on

      The reason we format it that way in the US is because conversationally we say the month first and the day second.

      Furthermore the process of switching it after it being so longstanding just isn’t worth the effort.

      We understand that it’s day first in the rest of the world.

      Idk why this along with rants about Imperial units have to come up in karma farming posts every other week.

    27. Low_Bandicoot6844 on

      * **Week Date:** `2026-W05-1` (Year, Week number, Day of week)
      * **Ordinal Date:** `2026-033` (Year, Day of the year)

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