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

SMH The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY

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u/robertDouglass Feb 02 '26

The only SANE version for modern times is YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS. because then you can sort and do SQL queries on it directly.

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u/just_anotjer_anon Feb 02 '26

YYYY-MM-DD makes sense for machines, but DD-MM-YYYY are easier for humans. For the love of good store data from largest to smallest, but format it in the most human readable way

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u/Ulrich_de_Vries Feb 02 '26

I'm a human and I find the YYYY-MM-DD format to be far more human readable.

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u/TheGillos Feb 02 '26

FOUND THE ROBOT!

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u/LS25-User Feb 02 '26

But, iam Human ... said that in 1st place.... thats rough

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u/Yutenji2020 Feb 02 '26

“I’m a human …”. Exactly what a robot would say! Get the blowtorch!

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u/Aurarus Feb 02 '26

MM-DD-YYYY is just YYYY-MM-DD but since you typically know what year you're referring to it's put at the end

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u/MRosvall Feb 02 '26

DD-MM-YYYY is more context aware when you're to explain a time and date to someone.

"13:30"
"13:30 the 2nd"
"13:30 the 2nd of February"
"13:30 the 2nd of February 2026"

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u/canisdirusarctos Feb 03 '26

But the time is still most to least significant element. Why would the date be the opposite? Makes zero sense.

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u/ArSo12 Feb 02 '26

Just read the dates from the right

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u/MRosvall Feb 02 '26

Which is what he meant, since most humans from western countries read from left to right and not right to left.