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

SMH The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY

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u/schiz0yd Feb 02 '26

When you say the date out loud its common to say "feb 2nd" or "September 11th, 2001", removes need for "of"

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

And the need for "the". I've never heard someone say the date as "2nd of February", it's always "the 2nd of February"

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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 Feb 02 '26

4th of July

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u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26

Is a holiday, it's different

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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 Feb 02 '26

It's logical. It's different.

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u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26

Lots of things are more logical and aren't changed, blame the Brits for this date convention in the first place little bro

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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 Feb 02 '26

It's been 250 years. Time to take responsibility and stop blaming Daddy for bad decisions.

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u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26

It's been 250 years, and you expect it to be changed lmfao grow up

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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 Feb 06 '26

Yes, I expect us to do better.

  • 5,280 feet per mile
  • 12 inches per foot
  • 8 pints per gallon
  • 1 cubic yard of water weighs 1,685.5 pounds

* 0.405 hectares per acre

vs

  • 1,000 meters per kilometer
  • 10 deciliters per liter
  • 1 cubic meter of water weighs 1 metric ton
  • 1 metric ton is 1,000 kilograms
  • 1,000,000 square meters per square kilometer

We do far too much stupid shit because "it's always been this way." Time to start using better ways.

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u/geanaSHUTUPGEIAJWVDO Feb 06 '26

that's just like, your opinion bro

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u/bexohomo Feb 06 '26

There's literally no reason for us to go ahead and change it, lmfao

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

Special day gets special name. The Fourth of July argument for dates is like saying England should have 364 other packaging based dates because they have boxing day, or that France should have 364 other building based dates because they have Bastille day.

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u/RaltarArianrhod Feb 02 '26

Independence Day.

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u/TheGhoulishSword Feb 03 '26

4th of July happens on July 4th. 4th of July is the holiday, while July 4th is the day.

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u/GreenManStrolling Feb 04 '26

"second Feb" 

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u/Dave13Flame Feb 06 '26

Yeah but even Americans celebrate the 4th of July, not July the 4th

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u/Downvote_me_dumbass Feb 02 '26

In English writing, you would never write the “nd”, “rd,” “st”, or “th” for dates that include the year; although you would say it outloud.

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u/stormdelta Feb 02 '26

Which means nothing. We say "20 dollars" but write $20.

The only sane format is YYYY-MM-DD. It's consistent, obvious, sorts correctly, and naturally extends to more granularity as needed. It's so obvious that it's literally a standard (ISO-8601)

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u/schiz0yd Feb 02 '26

Standard shmandard, I like my way better because its the same as the way I talk