• jerieljan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Because it gets horribly fucky when you now have to figure out if a date is actually formatted as MM-DD-YY or DD-MM-YY.

    Surely we’ve all handled reading an expiration date before and have wondered if we’re eating something OK or has expired months ago because they chose the other format.

    (Honestly, I think both formats are shit, and the only correct way to do dates with numbers only is YYYY-MM-DD. If not, then at least use letters for months, like 30 AUG 2023)

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      1 year ago

      It should be ordered by significance (ideally descending). USA’s date is like putting the million between the thousands and the unit.

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      1 year ago

      Surely we’ve all handled reading an expiration date before and have wondered if we’re eating something OK or has expired months ago

      No, I haven’t, and I don’t know anyone else who has

      • jerieljan@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Then you’ve never bought imported food or never got food gifts overseas. Or never travelled to a country that used the format that you don’t use.

        For example, 06/09/2023 could mean either you’re eating something that expires next month, or expired two months ago.