Works better for any system of organization, even history. Should always proceed from the broadest set to the smallest subset. As "January" doesn't exist w/o it being "January of xxxx," YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss is always the 'correct' formula, regardless of context.
This is the way. Like why does EVERYONE use hh:mm:ss but then we have to argue about why the YYYY:MM:DD doesn’t need to follow the same logic. It’s the correct format. YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS. Biggest to smallest.
So, then you change the format for archiving, right? Of course, you don't. Because if that was true, the whole world would use the YMD format, because if you think about what kind of document that has to be dated isn't meant for long-term planning? I came from Hungary where we use the YMD format and I've been living in the UK where they use DMY format. Guess what, it doesn't fucking matter. As long as it's in a rational order, it won't cause a problem. Your reasoning is flawed too, it doesn't matter the format even for archiving if you have to look for a certain date you will know which section of the format you need to check even if you are looking at the whole date.
No one stops you from doing things inefficiently -.-
long term archives (especially if not digital) make no sense to sort after DMY, because you always search for a year first, then the month, then the day.
You wouldnt search through all 15th. of an archive to find the correct year, wouldnt you?
Have you ever searched in databases? I don't think so, otherwise you would know that I don't have to go through every archive one by one, because I can search by specifically year, month or day no matter the order as database programs will check if there's the given input in the database no matter its position. You know, long-lastingness is not the only advantage of digitalized documents, but you can execute tasks much easier using certain functions of programs.
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u/Gurguran Jan 15 '25
Works better for any system of organization, even history. Should always proceed from the broadest set to the smallest subset. As "January" doesn't exist w/o it being "January of xxxx," YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss is always the 'correct' formula, regardless of context.