yyyy-mm-dd is specified by ISO 8601, so there's really no argument it isn't the objectively correct format.

I always use yyyy.mm.dd as my date format whenever I sign and date documents. I also use a pictograph instead of initials. Someone tried to forge a contract edit to try and get out of paying but used the mm/dd/yy format. The moment my lawyer showed this to their lawyer, they settled immediately for the original amount, legal fees, and late payment penalties. Dumbasses.

And what is that country? Unixopia? Linukstadt? Databaseo?

Why can't Trump use unitary executive theory to do something good...like force everyone to use ISO 8601.

It's the only correct way to save file names

It's frustrating that people are so bad at dates that ISO8601 lives rent-free in my head because I constantly have to tell people ;)

Hungarian is close enough

YYYY.MM.DD

In Arabic we use DD/MM/YYYY but it actually gets written as YYYY/MM/DD since Arabic is written and read from right to left. When the year is dropped the confusing part is not what format is used here but rather does this website/software support RTL or is it just regular unformatted ASCII.

Edit: it's still not ISO 8601 and it doesn't solve the sorting issue

As a computer scientist, I've been doing this everywhere for over 10 years already. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Issues with unix paths. I prefer 2025-04-12.

ISO8601 FTW!

2025/4/12

Don't forget leading zeroes, we're not half assing this!

my guess is order of relevance.

In my computer engineering course this is literally how we were told to write the date on our lab reports.

For written format that is ideal but when talking about a date, say in two weeks time, saying the year is redundant.

It's all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don't know which country they're from

MM/DD/YYYY genuinely causes issues, because it's very easily misread by the rest of the world, and vise versa for Americans.

I have been mislead more than once, because the MM and DD are both ≤ 12.

MM/DD/YYYY needs to die

Month Day YYYY is fine, because it's unambiguous when the month is spelled out.

YYYY.MM.DD, or similar, is the only way to sort dates properly anyway.

It’s like saying USAians don’t have a sense of humour. Some USAians are MAGAt knob heads, some are perfectly reasonable people. More or less like anywhere else.

I've been told I need to redo paperwork because I marked the date like 12APR2025.

I get standardization for computers, but for something a person is going to look at I feel like it's very direct, needs no explanation or interpretation. Anyone who sees it should be able to figure it out instantly.

July 4th

How many Julies do you have there in the US? 5? 7?