Is this date format common?

[Leros]

I'm studying some old exams and the date on one is 02/10/29. I assume its Oct 29, 2002.

Is this date format common anywhere? The professor is Indian if it makes a difference.

 

[Tweak155]

Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

 

[theflyingpig]

No, it is not common. Whoever wrote that date should be beaten with a mini-bat.

 

[MoPHo]

A lot of other countries do YY/MM/DD

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

Why does the '/' continue? Why can't we start using a more filesystem friendly delimiter, like '-'?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

Why does the '/' continue? Why can't we start using a more filesystem friendly delimiter, like '-'?

I was just being consistent with the thread. I use YYYY_MM_DD for my directory and file names where appropriate.

 

[Tweak155]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

Why does the '/' continue? Why can't we start using a more filesystem friendly delimiter, like '-'?

Why even use a delimiter? 20090309 is just as easily read.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Tweak155

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

Why does the '/' continue? Why can't we start using a more filesystem friendly delimiter, like '-'?

Why even use a delimiter? 20090309 is just as easily read.

20090309 is just as easily sorted, but IMO it's easier to read with delimiters. I omit delimiters in filenames, but rarely omit delimiters when printing the date.

 

[Tweak155]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Tweak155

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Yep. Helps make sorting easier.

Duh. That makes sense.

Once you start using YYYY/MM/DD you'll never look back.

Why does the '/' continue? Why can't we start using a more filesystem friendly delimiter, like '-'?

Why even use a delimiter? 20090309 is just as easily read.

20090309 is just as easily sorted, but IMO it's easier to read with delimiters. I omit delimiters in filenames, but rarely omit delimiters when printing the date.

Agreed. But file system != print. I'd use a delimiter for printing, and most likely re-organize the date to a US friendly system such as DD/MM/YY.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Agreed. But file system != print. I'd use a delimiter for printing, and most likely re-organize the date to a US friendly system such as DD/MM/YY.

Bah, screw that. One of my largest pet peeves is "US-friendly" date printing. I try, whenever possible, to go out of my way to ensure that dates are formatted using YYYY-MM-DD in any document or report I design or generate.

 

[DrawninwarD]

I like DD/MM/YYYY.

 

[Babbles]

I think the OP's date is sorta jacked, if it was YYYY as opposed to YY it would make more sense. When I backup files on my computer I batch them using YYYY-MM-DD format. As others noted, it makes it much easier to sort.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

 

[Fayd]

YYYYMMDD is international standard... it's used in things where compatibility is a necessity.. astronomers use it, tmk.

i like it. it makes more sense for getting down to the specific day.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

it may make more sense, but we're NEVER giving up the imperial measurement system.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

I don't see why that is true. In common parlance in the U.S. the date is usually verbalized as, for example, "Today is March Seventh of 2009." Therefore it makes perfect sense to write the date in the same manner it is said.

If it was typically accepted to verbalize the date as, for example, "The Seventh of March of 2009" then, of course, it would make sense to write the date in that manner.

Because that is not how it is done in your neck of the woods should not be construed as a nonsensical way of doing it.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

I don't see why that is true. In common parlance in the U.S. the date is usually verbalized as, for example, "Today is March Seventh of 2009." Therefore it makes perfect sense to write the date in the same manner it is said.

If it was typically accepted to verbalize the date as, for example, "The Seventh of March of 2009" then, of course, it would make sense to write the date in that manner.

Because that is not how it is done in your neck of the woods should not be construed as a nonsensical way of doing it.

Problem is we live in a global world. I often read documents from people around the world and confusion can happen.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

I don't see why that is true. In common parlance in the U.S. the date is usually verbalized as, for example, "Today is March Seventh of 2009." Therefore it makes perfect sense to write the date in the same manner it is said.

If it was typically accepted to verbalize the date as, for example, "The Seventh of March of 2009" then, of course, it would make sense to write the date in that manner.

Because that is not how it is done in your neck of the woods should not be construed as a nonsensical way of doing it.

I don't want to make a big deal of it, but yeah I think dd/mm/yyyy (or the reverse, yyyy/mm/dd) does make more sense. Why would you start with the second biggest denomination, then the smallest, then the biggest? It just makes sorting a pain.

However, none of this really matters in casual use, and the standard dd/mm/yyyy around here still doesn't make as much sense as the OP's yyyy/mm/dd. Also, I don't think your verbalization argument holds water, as in my experience people are just as likely to say "March 7th" as they are to say "7th of March".

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Leros
Problem is we live in a global world. I often read documents from people around the world and confusion can happen.

Yes, this is a huge hassle when developing software. We really need to standardise these things.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My file system is YYMMDD. In general dates are formatted as DD/MM/YYYY where I'm from, which makes much more sense than MM/DD/YYYY used in North America.

I don't see why that is true. In common parlance in the U.S. the date is usually verbalized as, for example, "Today is March Seventh of 2009." Therefore it makes perfect sense to write the date in the same manner it is said.

If it was typically accepted to verbalize the date as, for example, "The Seventh of March of 2009" then, of course, it would make sense to write the date in that manner.

Because that is not how it is done in your neck of the woods should not be construed as a nonsensical way of doing it.

I don't want to make a big deal of it, but yeah I think dd/mm/yyyy (or the reverse, yyyy/mm/dd) does make more sense. Why would you start with the second biggest denomination, then the smallest, then the biggest? It just makes sorting a pain.

However, none of this really matters in casual use, and the standard dd/mm/yyyy around here still doesn't make as much sense as the OP's yyyy/mm/dd. Also, I don't think your verbalization argument holds water, as in my experience people are just as likely to say "March 7th" as they are to say "7th of March".

The entire verbalization argument holds water because in the U.S., history has demonstrated this. You may not agree with that, which is all fair, but that is just a nuance of our writing & speaking system in the U.S. It is typical to verbalize the date as I noted and as such that is the common practice of writing it. As an evolution of a written language following a spoken language it makes perfect sense.

In my field I have seen it to be somewhat of an industry standard - and I think it could be an OECD regulation - to write the date as (for example) 07-MAR-2009 using English language for the months.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Anyone that says MM/DD/YYYY makes sense is smoking something. Even in longhand most people I know say 7th of March 2009.

However YYYY/MM/DD makes the most sense. From biggest to smallest. So the entire world is wrong