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[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which timezone is this? B-, good effort

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we need some

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS-TZ

All up in here. Gotta replace the last - with a + where applicable... Or just put a big old Z there instead... Optionally add some .### after the second too if you're so inclined.

Awww yeahhhhhh. I like that.

[–] apprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to be pro-8601 until I learned the open standard that is RFC 3339

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] roo@lemmy.one 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

English speakers: In the first car of the first race in the first tournament.

US: In the first race's first car in the first tournament.

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 61 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The only universally correct date format is ISO.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I too use disk images as date trackers

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

Catch me loading up a new version of Super Smash Bros Melee every time I gotta save a timestamp.

look, it's windows xp sp3 o'clock

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I prefer RFC 3339, less ambiguous.

[–] Zunon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

in the first tournament's first race's first car

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

ISO mid, RFC on top

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

easy to remember, as 9/11 was a couple of days ago.

[–] onion@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You mean 9.11. ?
9/11 is 0.81 repeating

[–] ytg@feddit.ch 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Different languages have different conventions. For example, the standardized variety of my language allows 11/(0)9/2001, 11/(0)9/01, 11.(0)9.2001, 11.(0)9.01, 2001-09-11, 2001/09/11, 2001.09.11 (personally I usually use 11/09 without the year and 2001-09-11 with the year).

[–] onion@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ytg@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I'm just still used to Reddit, where people say stuff like this completely seriously.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

repeating

True. History will repeat itself. Never forget.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t want to hear shit about what order we write numbers in from a continent where numbers include one hundred nine and thirty to mean 139, or three twenties ten and nine for 79

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're so mad at Fr*nch and German numbers, don't look up Danish numbers. Unless you can guess what "five and half five's". Did you guess 95? Why would you?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

It's a twenty based system. "Two's" is 40, "three's" is 60, ...

50 is "halfway to 60" so it's "half three's", likewise "half four's" for 70, "four's" for 80 and "half five's" for 90. 100 is its own word so "half five's" exists but "five's" doesn't.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seventeen is 7+10 (seven+teen) but twenty one is 20+1 (twenty+one)

If English was more consistent, seventeen would be ten seven.

[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

If it was really consistent, it would be something like onety seven but not really either, since it's also not twoty seven.

PS: Eleven would be onety one.

[–] DannyMac@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Extra fancy Winnie the Pooh: YYYY/MM/DD

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I label all of my notes like 'YYYYMMDD_some_title_here' so they automatically sort by when I made them when sorted by name, or YYYYMMDDHHmm if the note won't be getting a title (such as daily notes or notes that I made too quickly to care about titling)

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

everyone should just use stardates

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

And everyone does, but everyone has their own standard

[–] Tau@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You all are so concerned about the formatting of the date, but I dont see any of you buying a new copy of a certain game to avoid Todd Howard's curse

[–] curiosityLynx@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you unpack that one for me? I have zero idea of what you're talking about other than Todd Howard being an executive of Bethesda.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

Buy the yearly copy of Skyrim to appease Him and keep holy the date of 11/11/11.

[–] Speiser0@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

One day later, today is 1211/100.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

❌ Pyramids.jpg

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This didn't age well (I guess I should have looked at it 5 days ago).

[–] MochiEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or waited until 12th of December.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, good point.

Edit: I wasn't trying to be mean or anything with my posts. Just wanted to be dumb haha. I hope no one took it the wrong way.