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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think learning all abbreviations for different months in different languages is more complicated than just learning that the time is sorted from largest to smallest unit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No! It’s the other way around, from largest to smallest is a mess and it makes no sense

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

If you name files or other data with ISO 8601 then they're always sorted chronologically when you go largest to smallest.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know, right! I've been campaigning for this for everyday numbers. For example, twenty seven should be written smallest first: 72. Likewise this year is 5202, and next year 6202. That way no-one's going to be confused at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

What you said is stupid

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

So true, bestie! That's why all the clocks in my house are formatted ss:mm:hh