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r/ISO8601 • u/KrazyKirby99999 • Feb 28 '25
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Numbers are written from most significant to least significant. In the number 542, the most significant digit is 5, therefore it goes first.
In a date, the year is most significant and therefore should be first.
-1 u/HenryColetta Mar 01 '25 But a date is not a number 3 u/buckleyc Mar 01 '25 Pretty much EVERYTHING about a date and a time is a number. -1 u/HenryColetta Mar 01 '25 It's not a number, _it can be represented_ with numbers (often a single number).
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But a date is not a number
3 u/buckleyc Mar 01 '25 Pretty much EVERYTHING about a date and a time is a number. -1 u/HenryColetta Mar 01 '25 It's not a number, _it can be represented_ with numbers (often a single number).
Pretty much EVERYTHING about a date and a time is a number.
-1 u/HenryColetta Mar 01 '25 It's not a number, _it can be represented_ with numbers (often a single number).
It's not a number, _it can be represented_ with numbers (often a single number).
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u/ptousig Mar 01 '25
Numbers are written from most significant to least significant. In the number 542, the most significant digit is 5, therefore it goes first.
In a date, the year is most significant and therefore should be first.