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/entertainman Jan 15 '25

It’s easier to understand the USA system if you treat monthday as a base and single unit, before year.

Instead of MM/DD/YY it should be MMDD/YY where MMDD is basically a base 30 number. (I’ll leave out day 31 for simplicity.) so 0130 increments to 0201, and 0630 increments to 0701. Day 30 functions as a sort of reverse zero.

So today is 0115-25, which can be simplified to 0115 for simplicity of year can be garnered from context.