One word: Ambiguity. We need to either have a standard and stick to it, or a small handful of standards that cannot be confused for each other. DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY can be confused for each other, so the nonsensical MM/DD/YYYY should move over and make room for DD/MM/YYYY, or we should drop both and just use YYYY-MM-DD.

[–] TQuid@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ISO 8601 ALL DAY EVERY DAY BABY

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While it's fine now, it used to be pretty disgusting too

ISO date formats

Fooking disgusteen

[–] MethodicalSpark@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

ISO 8601 for life.

[–] Robmart@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or DD-MMM-YYYY. Like 05/OCT/2005, which is my favorite if I don't need it to be entirely numerical.

[–] Eagle0600@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

That's fine because it's unambiguous. If I'm using another standard and you're using that, I can correct it without having to think about it.