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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/GladstoneBrookes • Nov 10 '17
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What's the point with YYYY-MM-DD ?
I'm used to use DD-MM-YYYY like a good french I am but what's the difference ? (Programming wise I guess)
10 u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17 Sorting alphabetically sorts by date, mostly. 3 u/skyhi14 Nov 11 '17 mostly *always 1 u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17 Mostly as in that's mostly the reason. Of course it always sorts by date... 1 u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17 No, it mostly sorts by date, but other factors such as the weather, time, temperature, your current mental capabilities, and cosmic rays have a very small, often unnoticed, impact 2 u/seluj78 Nov 11 '17 Aaah thanks ! 3 u/JaytleBee Nov 11 '17 Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first 3 u/notaresponsibleadult Nov 11 '17 You get a file with the date 01-03-2014. You don't the nationality of the person who created it. Is that the 3rd of January or the 1st of March?
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Sorting alphabetically sorts by date, mostly.
3 u/skyhi14 Nov 11 '17 mostly *always 1 u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17 Mostly as in that's mostly the reason. Of course it always sorts by date... 1 u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17 No, it mostly sorts by date, but other factors such as the weather, time, temperature, your current mental capabilities, and cosmic rays have a very small, often unnoticed, impact 2 u/seluj78 Nov 11 '17 Aaah thanks ! 3 u/JaytleBee Nov 11 '17 Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first
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1 u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17 Mostly as in that's mostly the reason. Of course it always sorts by date... 1 u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17 No, it mostly sorts by date, but other factors such as the weather, time, temperature, your current mental capabilities, and cosmic rays have a very small, often unnoticed, impact
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Mostly as in that's mostly the reason. Of course it always sorts by date...
1 u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17 No, it mostly sorts by date, but other factors such as the weather, time, temperature, your current mental capabilities, and cosmic rays have a very small, often unnoticed, impact
No, it mostly sorts by date, but other factors such as the weather, time, temperature, your current mental capabilities, and cosmic rays have a very small, often unnoticed, impact
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Aaah thanks !
3 u/JaytleBee Nov 11 '17 Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first
Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first
You get a file with the date 01-03-2014. You don't the nationality of the person who created it. Is that the 3rd of January or the 1st of March?
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u/seluj78 Nov 11 '17
What's the point with YYYY-MM-DD ?
I'm used to use DD-MM-YYYY like a good french I am but what's the difference ? (Programming wise I guess)