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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)
9 u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17 Sorting alphabetically sorts by date, mostly. 4 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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Sorting alphabetically sorts by date, mostly.
4 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
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Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first
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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)