directive0@lemmy.world to Star Trek@startrek.websiteEnglish · 21 days agoAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down113
arrow-up1388arrow-down1imageAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.lemmy.worlddirective0@lemmy.world to Star Trek@startrek.websiteEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·20 days agoThis is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-220 days agoHow do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format? In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year. If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoYY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·20 days agoNope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
minus-squareTechognito@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoway to long just short it down: 3248 clearly the best way to show date … This should be obvious, but just in case people take this seriously. It’ a joke
Nope, 2024-08-30
This is the only rational order, descending in order of magnitude.
How do you abbreviate a date in YYYY/MM/DD format?
In the DD/MM/YYYY format I can tell someone I am available to meet on 26/07; the year is known contextually as it only changes once a year.
If I start to tell people I am available 26/07 am I available for all of July in 2026?
YY/MM/DD or casual short MM/DD (where the year is understood). It’s no different, you just skip the year if it’s a given 😄 But for archival purposes, file naming etc, the YYYY part is mandatory.
07-26, surely?
Nope, it’s 30 \ 24 / 08
https://xkcd.com/1179/
Relevant XKCD
way to long just short it down: 3248
clearly the best way to show date
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This should be obvious, but just in case people take this seriously. It’ a joke