ISO 8601
ISO 8601
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5/1/2025. I'll die on this hill.
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m/d/y, so wrong by default
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5/1/5 ?
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Oh please. What's next? A twelve hour time system with am and pm? Measuring distances in thumbs and other body parts?
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Worse: measuring temperatures based on what one guy felt was the coldest it could get in the winter and the hottest his fever would reach.
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Don't be ridiculous, that's just insane.
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To be fair, "thumb" was only a unit in determinating what stick we could beat our wives with.
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I'll call the coroner.
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Imagine a database, or even a folder with multiple years in it. "Payroll_05-01-2025". Now all your files are sorted by month. You would have to scroll through "Payroll_05-08-1988"... etc forever before you reach 2025. And when you do, all of 2025 isn't together. ISO 8601 solves these issues automatically. It's time to adapt to a better system...
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I'll see you in hell.
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Fifth January 2025?
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The 5th January 2025, correct.
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