Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
* meters * kg * lean celsius but don't care too much either way * abolish seasonal time changes * for online calls/events specify time in UTC * YYYY-MM-DD date format * ground floor is 0th; don't skip 4 and 13 * don't put sugar in cold tea Simple rules for a civilized society.
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Aghahowa.base.ethπ΅π©
@aghahowa.eth
Anyone who uses MM-DD-YYYY should be arrested fr fr
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
It probably sticks because it matches natural-language usage: "I was born on January 31, 1994" East Asian languages are better at this: in Chinese you would say ζζ―1994εΉ΄1ζ31ζ₯εΊηη (So the "MM-DD-YY is a better fit for humans" thing is false, East Asia works fine with YYYY-MM-DD even in natural language)
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Dean Pierce π¨βπ»ππ
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MM-DD makes the most sense for short timelines where you can assume the year. Starting with the most significant unit down to least significant, like saying it's 11:35. Then, on the occasion a year is needed, it's tacked to the end as an oversight. That's where MM-DD-YYYY comes from. DD-MM-YYYY is an abomination π
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ΙΞrn
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Love how you call it an abomination while majority of the thread uses/prefers it and shit on your mmddyyy
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Aghahowa.base.ethπ΅π©
@aghahowa.eth
I think its just societal conditioning dased on where youβre from or what youβre used to. I always mix the month with day whenever its MM DD. If I see 08-01 I automatically assume its 8th January.
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