rr7@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe greatest country in the worldlemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1877arrow-down1215
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minus-squareCosmoVerde@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up90arrow-down4·1 year agoThey do but one informs the reader of the order of the format while the other doesn’t.
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 year agoLook 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?
minus-squareharl3k1n@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoAugust 9th 2023 would be 09.08.2023 in Germany though 😉
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down5·1 year agoAlso 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…
minus-squareharl3k1n@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’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.
They do but one informs the reader of the order of the format while the other doesn’t.
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?
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August 9th 2023 would be 09.08.2023 in Germany though 😉
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…
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.