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And I thought that I had already seen the worst date format. (i.vgy.me)
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[–] vlad76 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

MMYYYYDD

[–] likeaduck@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

YYYY MM DD

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's actually the best

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

no, the best is YYYY-MM-DD

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

That's what I use but the dashes aren't the most important part

[–] likeaduck@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its the same

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Hyphens matter. Standards matter. ISO8601 4 lyfe.

[–] McBain@feddit.ch 2 points 2 years ago

YYYY MM DD is better for directories.

[–] vlad76 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mine is worse

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

YYDDMMYY

[–] vlad76 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

HH:SS:MM DD, YYYY, MM

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

SS:/MM/HH:YY/DD/YY