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minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down7·2 years agoMM/DD/YYYY is the correct format here in America.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 years agoI think the point was that the format itself is odd. I am European and it’s weird to me: logically it should be either from greatest to smallest, or from smallest to greatest, not a weird in-between.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoLogically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNot very good for birthdates.
MM/DD/YYYY is the correct format here in America.
I think the point was that the format itself is odd. I am European and it’s weird to me: logically it should be either from greatest to smallest, or from smallest to greatest, not a weird in-between.
Logically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
Not very good for birthdates.