• clif@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      “There shall be no other date formats before ISO8601. Remember this format and keep it as the system default”

    • geissi@feddit.de
      0·
      10 months ago

      For file names, absolutely.
      When I’m asking what date it is I typically know the current year.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      If you have years of files named similarly with the date, you will love the ISO standard and how it keeps things sorted and easy to read.

      • Agent641@lemmy.world
        0·
        10 months ago

        I have autohotkey configured to insert the current date in ISO 8601 format into my filenames on keyboard shortcut for just this reason. So organized. So pure.

          • Agent641@lemmy.world
            0·
            10 months ago

            Download Autohotkey, and create a new script. Paste these shortcuts into the script and restart the script:

            #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.

            ; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.

            SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

            SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

            :R*?:ddd::

            FormatTime, CurrentDateTime, yyyy-MM-dd

            SendInput %CurrentDateTime%

            return

            :R*?:dtt::

            FormatTime, CurrentDateTime, yyMMddHHmm

            SendInput %CurrentDateTime%

            Return

            Now, if you type ‘ddd’ on your keyboard, the current date will be typed out, eg ‘2023-11-23’.

            If you type ‘dtt’ tgen the datetime stamp will be typed out in YYMMDDhhmm format, eg 2311231012

            There are so many cool things you van do with AHK to make your work more productive. For example, rather tgan typing your email address a billion times, add the shortcut:

            ::add1::your.email.address@domainname.com

            And then you can type ‘add1’ and hit space, and your email address will be typed out in full. Of course, the string ‘add1’ can be whatever you want.

    • NightDice@feddit.de
      0·
      10 months ago

      Only within the same century, which is an issue for those of us born last millennium (or managing systems from that time), and could be a real problem in 50-ish years when we could get the first duplicates.

      Better to stick with YYYY-MM-DD for alphabetical sorting

  • Provoked Gamer@lemmy.ca
    0·
    10 months ago

    DD/MM/YY and YY/MM/DD are the only acceptable ones IMO. Throwing a DD in between YY and MM is just weird since days move by faster so they should be at one of the ends and since YY moves the slowest it should be on the other end.

    • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      I grew up with DD.MM.YYYY. But I think, MM/DD makes sense in everyday usage. You don’t often need to specify dates with year accuracy. “Jane’s prom is on 7th September” – it’s obvious which year is meant. Then it’s sensible to start with the larger unit, MM, instead of DD.

      Even in writing you see that the year is always given like an afterthought: “7th September**,** 2023“.

    • takeda@lemmy.world
      0·
      10 months ago

      The only reason they place month as first is because it is fits how dates are read in English, but that’s not a good reason to keep that format.

      • sobanto@feddit.de
        0·
        10 months ago

        It’s how it is read in English (simplified) aka american english. Brittish english doesn’t do this nonsense, the talk in the correct format (first of january etc.).

        (I’m sorry if i made some mistakes, english is my second language)

  • ThePuy@feddit.nl
    0·
    10 months ago

    Japan I can get behind but MM/dd/yyyy is just evil, why would you sandwich days between months and years? You monster