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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

to make things as not confusing as possible, my rule of thumb is:

  • yyyy-mm-dd (yyyy instead of yy ensures that it's not mistaken for dd-mm-yy) (hyphens can be replaced with underscores)
  • dd.mm.yyyy (yyyy same as above) (really dislike using for filenames, sorting doesn't work)
  • mm/dd/yyyy (only if there is no other choice) edit: mm/dd/yyyy vs mm/dd/yy doesn't matter because both make 0 sense already edit2: i forgor to say that yyyy also avoids y2.1k and subsequent issues
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The first one you listed is an ISO standard date format, and is the only way to go :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

if i write a date on paper i tend to go with 2, but yes

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