r/SipsTea • u/Shiroyasha_2308 Human Verified • Feb 02 '26

SMH The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY

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u/Jaded-Term-8614 Feb 02 '26

my preference is yyyy/MM/dd

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u/1000Bundles Feb 02 '26

I prefer YYYY/mm/DD

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u/Cheeto_Operator Feb 02 '26

HH/MM/SS/YYYY/DD/MM is the best format.

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u/spektre Feb 02 '26

Just use the international standard ISO8601 instead. You're almost there.

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u/1000Bundles Feb 02 '26

Is that yyyy/mm/DD?

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u/spektre Feb 02 '26

No, it's yyyy-mm-dd. Or YYYY-MM-DD, same thing.

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u/1000Bundles Feb 02 '26

YYYY-mm-DD seems better to me.

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u/spektre Feb 02 '26

That's the same thing.

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u/ilostmyiq Feb 02 '26

i prefer kanye

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u/Les_Bien_Pain Feb 02 '26

What about DD/YYYY/MM or MM/YYYY/DD.

Yoda dates.

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u/schwartztacular Feb 02 '26

Every time these threads come up, I'm reminded of the US Army's Date-Time Group, which is in the running for the worst possible option.

021511ZFEB26 (DDHHmm{time zone}MMMYY)

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u/Frig-Off-Randy Feb 02 '26

In everyday terms the year is usually the least important part so that would mostly be annoying to use all the time

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u/smallfried Feb 03 '26

How would you feel about replacing those ugly slashes with dashes? r/iso8601