Sorry to bring up the dates again, but it was my gear grinder, and you f'ers got to talk about it all day, while I was actually working...
The common response I just read is that it's said "month, day, year", well, I agree with you... That's why I want it to be yyyy-mm-dd. You'd still read it as Feb sixth, and let your brain take care of that pesky year being at the front instead of the back. It's so much more logical to have it written this way. It is impossible to confuse when you know it's in descending order. Your brain can learn things like this. I mean, if you asked me what time it is right now, I might say "ten to five". Would you still write it as 4:50? Yeah. So no matter how it's said, reading it is different, and should be clear and consistent. OF course, now I've just opened up the 24 hour clock debate.
Anyway, the reason I started whining about it was because I was reading a few different things on an ongoing interest, and articles that dated back a few years were dated, but the date format was constantly different. Not the end of the world, but I like clarity. Another thing that pissed me off the other day was that I googled a certain vehicle I'm kinda looking for, and an ad came up, and I wasn't sure if it was from feb 1st, or Jan 2nd. It's stupid that it's not immediately clear.
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