Date (2025-01-01)

2 years ago by m_f to c/smbc

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We could make it even more informative by adding location and season.

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sevan 24 points 2 years ago

I'm with OP, year-month-day is the superior format. Its consistently sortable, even as a text field (like with file names).

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pyre 12 points 2 years ago

for storing/filing I agree but for normal use d-m-y makes more sense to me. it frontloads the most relevant information and you can cut it at either break and it could still be helpful, since one's likely to remember the month they're in and even more likely to remember the year. more significant is less relevant.

h:m:a makes more sense for the opposite reason. less significant units of time become less relevant at that scale.

in any case, ascending or descending is demonstrably better than whatever the fuck m-d-y is.

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roguetrick 3 points 2 years ago

Theoretically, sure, but in reading and speech it doesn't really matter if you're comfortable with the format. If someone is going to say or write the full date you're not going to interrupt them after they say the day or reflexively stop reading after two numbers. If they just want to say the day, that's all they'll say.

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TheSlad -4 points 2 years ago

M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting. I feel like thats the only reason it got carried over to text. I definitely use m-d-y when talking, and as an american I also use it out of habit when writing, but I will agree that y-m-d is definitely best for text.

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