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[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which timezone is this? B-, good effort

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] roo@lemmy.one 46 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (4 children)

The only universally correct date format is ISO.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I too use disk images as date trackers

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago

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

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

look, it's windows xp sp3 o'clock

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I prefer RFC 3339, less ambiguous.

[–] Zunon@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

ISO mid, RFC on top

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] onion@feddit.de 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You mean 9.11. ?
9/11 is 0.81 repeating

[–] ytg@feddit.ch 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ytg@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

repeating

True. History will repeat itself. Never forget.

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm so glad we all use 315/23 for the date. Much easier if you just leave out the month.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Years are also redundant. It's day 738835.

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Day 1 can only be when the first creature crawled on land or when Adam spanked eve erotically for the first time. I don't recognize any other.

[–] Dagrothus@reddthat.com 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Blackout@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Sorry, I don't listen to rap music

[–] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

The best epoch

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd prefer to count them from the big bang, but to each their own.

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 11 points 10 months ago

Adam spanking Eve erotically was the Big Bang

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

Extra fancy Winnie the Pooh: YYYY/MM/DD

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

everyone should just use stardates

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

And everyone does, but everyone has their own standard

[–] Tau@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago
[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] Speiser0@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

One day later, today is 1211/100.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

Or waited until 12th of December.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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