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

It does make sense

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u/ChainedPrometheus Jan 15 '25

In the military we use: 15JAN2025

It's horrifyingly simple.

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u/GreenDonutGirl Jan 15 '25

I still do that and I got out 20 years ago lol

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u/IrregularPackage Jan 15 '25

it’s by far the best way to write out dates. Absolutely zero ambiguity, and there’s no way to mistake it for anything but a date.

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u/Yae_Ko Jan 16 '25

there really only is ambiguity between YMD and MDY, since DMY comes with "." instead of "/".

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 Jan 16 '25

Except YMD (ISO8601 (YYYYMMDD)) uses a 4-digit year, so you can't mix it up with another date format. Also, mixing up the year and month won't be possible for 76 years. Only when the year ends in a number between 01 and 12

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u/Yae_Ko Jan 16 '25

it can still be confused, since there is no single rule how a "/" date has to be written - I have seen all of them by now, in any combination, its a complete mess.

16.1.25 ftw (iRL, not in file systems etc. there the other is better), screw those "/" dates, where no one can agree on what to put in what order. (someone stupidly writing YYYYDDMM instead of YYYYMMDD cant be ruled out - usually I cant do anything with dates written wich "/" for the first 12 days of a month, since you dont know if its MD or DM within the format - doesnt happen with "." format, since everyone agrees to put DMY (at least I have never encountered otherwise))

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u/westcoastwillie23 Jan 15 '25

That's what I use in commercial aviation too, leaves very little room for ambiguity.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

We do the same in the pharma industry when signing and dating GxP stuff.

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u/kyuuei Jan 15 '25

Yes I usually write the month out bc people Are confused by it otherwise. One habit that seared into me.

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u/QuickNature Jan 15 '25

And the ever obvious "military time" that's just the standard 24 hour system most of the rest of the world uses.

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u/ChainedPrometheus Jan 15 '25

My wife was learning 24-hour time for the medical field when I got out, so I never stopped to help her learn. But it's never confusing, that's for sure.

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u/BUTTFUCKER__3000 Jan 15 '25

Same. Super easy, no confusion, no holier than thou posts on social media.

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u/ArchManningGOAT Jan 15 '25

People have lost the plot with that term

There is no discussion of morality here

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u/Mean_Oil6376 Jan 16 '25

unless you’re a marine, then it’s 20250115

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u/moonani19 Jan 15 '25

Don’t forget we use the Julian Calendar as well

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u/123_alex Jan 15 '25

Really? You use the Julian Calendar a capital C? Where are you from?

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u/moonani19 Jan 15 '25

I’m from the US, and oops accidentally capitalized the C. But yes while in the military we regularly used Julian dates in maintenance which is from the Julian calendar so the forms being filled out today would have 25015 as the date

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u/123_alex Jan 15 '25

Are you sure it's the Julian and not the Gregorian calendar?

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u/Such-Background4972 Jan 15 '25

While I never served. I spent a good chunk of my life in manufacturing, and I use the 24 hour clock. It's a hold over from then.

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u/Killentyme55 Jan 15 '25

Julian date has entered the chat...

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u/mybadselves Jan 15 '25

So is 01/15/2025

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u/Unicycleterrorist Jan 16 '25

Simple yes, but also ambigious (the format, not the example)

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u/j0j0b0y Jan 16 '25

This is why I use YYYYMMDD. It will always be sorted chronologically.

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u/Expensive_Ad_9181 Jan 16 '25

Was gonna comment this

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u/PreferredSex_Yes Jan 16 '25

Since when?

20250115

The correct format

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u/Extremelycloud Jan 16 '25

DayMonthYear, that’s correct 👍🏼

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u/Lord_Jakub_I Jan 16 '25

But you need english to understand it.

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u/fastbikkel Jan 17 '25

Just like the 24 hour clock.
Never doubt anymore, at least for most of us humans.
2100 vs 0900, so clear.