yyyy-mm-dd makes it much clearer about what fucking order things are in
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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10 Aug 2023 is the superior format for handwritten dates, no misinterpretation of the date itself or an improperly written divider.
I'm a systems guy. ISO8601 or die. Whomever decided to put the most significant digits at the end of MMDDYYYY can get fired. From a cannon. Into the sun.
When I try to enter a date in excel and it formats it as numerical 424523 or some shit smh
Makes a lot more sense as it gets easy to sort files that way.
Tab completion approves of this naming scheme.
Gotta love well sorted items.
Unix epoch for life! 😂
I find that it's better than confusing month and day and going insane when dealing with both American and Bri'ish clients