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And I thought that I had already seen the worst date format. (i.vgy.me)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

MMYYYYDD

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

YYYY MM DD

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's actually the best

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

no, the best is YYYY-MM-DD

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That's what I use but the dashes aren't the most important part

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Its the same

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Hyphens matter. Standards matter. ISO8601 4 lyfe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mine is worse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

YYYY MM DD is better for directories.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

YYDDMMYY

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

YMYMDYDY

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

HH:SS:MM DD, YYYY, MM

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

SS:/MM/HH:YY/DD/YY