!iso8601@lemmy.sdf.org gang, rise up
These people are just too far into the ISO rabbit hole. I completely agree with you that DD.MM.YYYY is the best format for everyday use.
the ābestā format for everyday use is each individual personās personal preference.
you may be more used to DDMMYYYY due to culture, language, upbringing, and usage. in the same vein, i am more used to YYYYMMDD because in chinese we go 幓ęę„ (year-month-day), and it makes organizing files and spreadsheet entries much more intuitive anyways.
Thank you! š
E: I even said how I can see it being useful in some applications, but fuck, if Iām looking at the date itās almost certainly to see what day it is today, what day (and maybe month) an appointment is, what day some food is going off, stuff like that. I know what month and year it is right now, and if I want to know the time, I look at a clock, not a calendar. If they love extra and often unnecessary information so much theyāre free to use whatever format they want, but Iām good, and so are many others, and they just need to learn to be ok with that lmao
And sorting the other formats alphabetically does not yield the same result?