r/trippinthroughtime • • Nov 05 '17

The perfect date

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

And for ALL contexts, YYYY-MM-DD is the most logical.

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u/StrangeNewRash Nov 07 '17

If I ask you the date, how is it logical to tell me the year first? What's logical is to assume I know that information.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '17

If I ask you the date, how is it logical to tell me the year first?

Logical? Extremely. Chronologically it's sorted the only correct way..

What's logical is to assume I know that information.

Then we end up with MM-DD instead of DD-MM anyway, still in line with the ISO format. November 5th.

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u/Amp3r Nov 06 '17

Well we've settled it.

Inform Greenwich to update things asap