• lugal
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 year ago

    Germany uses DMY exclusively. Why is it green instead of cyan?

    • Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      From the article:

      The format dd.mm.yyyy using dots (which denote ordinal numbering) is the traditional German date format. Since 1996-05-01, the international format yyyy-mm-dd has become the official standard date format, but the handwritten form d. mmmm yyyy is also accepted (see DIN 5008). Standardisation applies to all applications in the scope of the standard including uses in government, education, engineering and sciences. Since 2006, the old format (d)d.(m)m.(yy)yy is allowed again as alternative to the yyyy-mm-dd format in areas where there is no risk of ambiguation.

      • lugal
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        1 year ago

        I have never seen yyyy-mm-dd in the wild except maybe as a filename conversation for practical reasons (you can sort them more easily). All official documents use (d)d.(m)m.(yy)yy