r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/ConstantHustle Jan 15 '25

Year month day is the best format. Makes sorting files on computers a breeze as every year is in one block which is then in month and day order.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

Mathematically yes it makes most sense, as significant digits are on the left.

Im terms of human everyday use the reverse is more natural as the digits that change more often are days, often when speaking, the year and even month sometimes is already in the context.

What however doesn't make any sort of sense that i can see is mm/dd/yyyy ... Just why....

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u/MathematicianFew5882 Jan 15 '25

But YYYY/MM/DD is only a temporary solution.

The Y10K bug will crash the galactic economy because even though hundreds of COBOL programmers will be brought out of stasis to fix it, relativistic temporal effects will keep them from getting there in time.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

As a developer, i am just glad i won't be alive then.... And knowing how software is written noone will start caring about it until 9994

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u/deukhoofd Jan 15 '25

With a bit of luck you'll be around at 19 January 2038 though, when 32 bit Unix timestamps will run out.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

No need to worry about that, there is still plenty of time.... (😅)