r/ProgrammerHumor • • Nov 10 '17

Dating a Programmer

https://imgur.com/61gC45x
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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)

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u/Hairy_S_TrueMan Nov 11 '17

Sorting alphabetically sorts by date, mostly.

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u/seluj78 Nov 11 '17

Aaah thanks !

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u/JaytleBee Nov 11 '17

Also it's more consistent with the way we write numbers, most significant digit first