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What is your idea of 'perfect date'?

Me: DD/MM/YYYY

Seriously, living in US since last six months till, still not getting used to MM/DD/YYYY!!!

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  • 57
    The only acceptable date format is the ISO 8601 standard (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • 5
    What she said ^
  • 8
    Always ISO-8601
  • 0
    I've migrated towards the US version since 7 years ago. Want to move to California so I need to get used to this (although I can't get used to the imperial system)
  • 9
    Alright, now it's my turn for being the one hipster in a conversation...

    Unix epoch

    There
  • 8
    @balambuc if you can tell me the time right now in unix epoch without looking it up I will give you $100
  • 9
    Or you could use something unambiguous like:

    18-Jan-2017
  • 5
    What are you, an animal? You need YYYY-MM-DD, and maybe Jesus in your life.
  • 2
    @The1nk Yeah I'd need Jesus in my life to help me work out that horrific date format you're suggesting.
  • 2
    Since the OP asked about the perfect date, not the perfect date format, my answer would be one with Hannah Fry (sample of her Ada/Babbage documentary here: https://youtube.com/watch/...).

    Bletchley Park would be the perfect place to date her.
  • 3
    @drRoss dude...That's the ISO standard. YYYY-MM-DD shouldn't be a suggestion, it should be default everywhere.
  • 1
    @Synth-Synapses DD/MM/YYYY. EAT IT.
  • 2
    @drRoss come back to the light bro. Don't give in to weird non-standards.
  • 0
    @Synth-Synapses That's been the date format in my life ever since I knew what a date was!
  • 2
    Always hated the ambiguity on the North American continent with dates (says a Canadian)... Personal preference of what should be standard as the most intuitive in my view (which is already the case in most European countries mind you): DD/MM/YYYY, but the opposite order seems ok too
  • 2
    Just use YYYY-MM-DD! It's not a discussion.
  • 2
    mmmmmmmmmmmm

    milliseconds since epoch
  • 1
    @LoyalRayne 😆😄🤣😂
  • 0
    @alyx thank you
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