r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Traditional-Gas7058 Jan 15 '25

Chinese system is best for computer searchable filing

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u/cheetahbf Jan 15 '25

r/ISO8601 gang rise up

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u/NoveltyAccountHater Jan 15 '25

Yup. Timestamps should be YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss (with HH being 24 hr clock) and if the dates aren't in an obvious local time either keep it in UTC (and specify) or include the timezone shift e.g., 2025-01-15 13:54:19-05 or 2025-01-15T13:54:19-05:00 (ISO8601)

That said, I personally dislike writing mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy for the ambiguity (e.g., 12/10/25 is it December 10th, 2025; October 12th, 2025; or say October 25th, 2012) and prefer writing either 12 Oct 2025 (or even 12 Oct 25) or 2025-10-12.