Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down155
arrow-up1662arrow-down1imageA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareRyanLiu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoContext clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoI only deal with people from one country, but I always write out the month so there’s no confusion in important messages. Even including the day of the week as a type of verification.
minus-squaretuhriel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate… We use dots in our Locale
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoRIP Australia and our DD/MM/YYYY (and rest of the former British Empire I assume). Drives me nuts when software doesn’t properly localise. Looking at you, Excel for web which defaults to MM/DD/YYYY in our company for some reason, even though the desktop app has no issues…
It’s all fun and games until someone drops a 7/4 and you don’t know which country they’re from
November 9 never forget.
Context clues are enough for me, 4/7 times
I only deal with people from one country, but I always write out the month so there’s no confusion in important messages. Even including the day of the week as a type of verification.
I usually go for if it has a / its probably US date formate…
We use dots in our Locale
RIP Australia and our DD/MM/YYYY (and rest of the former British Empire I assume).
Drives me nuts when software doesn’t properly localise.
Looking at you, Excel for web which defaults to MM/DD/YYYY in our company for some reason, even though the desktop app has no issues…