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[–] fouloleron@lemmy.world 118 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wrong, the date is 2024-06-12.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 52 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Finally some culture in this thread.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago

Sprays anti-bacterial liquid

[–] oce@jlai.lu 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] girthero@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For its prevalence in usage i always wondered why the iso standard desigation could't be an easier to remember round number.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Filters out the casuals.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

2024, June 12.

Why isn't the long form like this as well? Especially since the year is the most important info anyway when it comes to things like studying history.

Actually, on second thought, computers would organize things by alphabetical order this way which would seem weird.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because precise dates are used much more commonly contemporaneously than they are for historical purposes. This is so true that the year is commonly omitted, as it is assumed and understood by all parties without mention.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You don't need the comma when you write it this way. The comma in June 12, 2024, is there exactly because it's the wrong order.

It's basically "I wrote the date. Oops, forgot the year!"

Computers order it correctly in that format because that's the correct format. In the same way a computer will order any other correctly formatted numbers in the correct order - and incorrectly formatted numbers in the incorrect order - it shouldn't be surprising that they order correctly formatted dates in the correct order.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Interesting information.

[–] mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I figure it's because the year can be seen as an optional appendage if you're talking about dates from the current year. Like, I can say "that happened on May 5th," or "I'll be there June 18th," and you can reasonably assume I mean in 2024 unless I specify "June 18th, 2063."

Now, as for why you can say "I'm going on the 18th," but Americans don't say 18th of June, 2024, I haven't a clue. We really only seem to have logical explanations for the way we do things about half of the time.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

April 5th, 2063, Bozeman, Montana

[–] ElliotCross@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I will be there.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago