• CosmoVerde@kbin.social
    904·
    11 months ago

    They do but one informs the reader of the order of the format while the other doesn’t.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
      52·
      11 months ago

      Look it’s easy, you just wait until the 13th of the month to figure out which format it is. Is 12 days really so much to ask?

        • ivanafterall@kbin.social
          85·
          11 months ago

          Also changing it to periods doesn’t avoid confusion about the order. Also pretty sure we fought a whole war over not being like the Germans, so…

          • harl3k1n@feddit.de
            32·
            11 months ago

            It’s quite simple really. The order is “small to big”. You start with the smallest unit, in this case the day. Then follows the next largest unit, the month, and finally the year. Basically the same as in the top picture, but in reverse order.