directive0@lemmy.world to Star Trek@startrek.websiteEnglish · 3 months agoAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down113
arrow-up1388arrow-down1imageAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.lemmy.worlddirective0@lemmy.world to Star Trek@startrek.websiteEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·3 months agoThis is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months 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-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-squarePockybum522@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoWait really? Your first example is also ambiguous for 12 years out of every 100
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 months agoNope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
minus-squareTechognito@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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?
07-26, surely?
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.
Wait really? Your first example is also ambiguous for 12 years out of every 100
Nope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
way 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
https://xkcd.com/1179/
Relevant XKCD