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    3. sinred7 on

      Love DD/MM/YYYY, but YYYY/MM/DD is acceptable, and useful in many cases, especially when naming files, but they both easily beat the ridiculous MM/DD/YYYY

    4. ZETH_27 on

      Way more countries use it in practice because it’s ISO standard for things like shipping and transit.

    9. aLone_gunman on

      The Canadian government uses this as well. The people use all three but it is „officially“ YYYY/MM/DD

    11. dgc-8 on

      I use it when writing in english because i dont want to confuse anyone, not the americans and not everyone else including myself

    12. Financial-Code8244 on

      I’ve seen all formats being used in Canada. When it’s year first it’s easy to understand, but if I read a date like 03/05/2026 it’s not exactly obvious if it’s March 5th or May 3rd.

    15. Zaiches on

      YYYY-MM-DD is superior because most digital systems can support – in filenames.

      Windows and several other systems use / for directory separation (as do websites), meaning YYYY/MM/DD on the functional level is incompatible with too many systems.

      Also, YYYY-MM-DD sorts alphabetically by date by default.

    17. renlydidnothingwrong on

      Lithuania seems like the odd man out here, I wonder what up with that.

    23. BasicSet6933 on

      Some of these countries put the family name before the given name. That map would look somewhat similar.

    24. Muffins_Hivemind on

      I love YYYY/MM/DD on the computer because it sorts the files by date across multiple years when they are in one folder. (Sorted by file name). It is elegant and easy and avoids the MM first or DD first confusion.

    27. DueAcanthocephala903 on

      In Korea, it is correct to use YYYY/MM/DD.

      Personally, I’m more familiar with American dates than European ones. That’s how I learned it in elementary school.

    28. CalgaryChris77 on

      I don’t understand how it can be any other way. How do you let the user choose the day before they have the year and month.

    29. semicombobulated on

      I find it interesting that most of these countries also write people’s names “backwards” (i.e. surname first).

    30. Thornescape on

      There are three common numerical date formats in use. 04/06/2026, 06/04/2026, and 2026-04-06. Two of these are indistinguishable for almost half of every month.

      Personally, I don’t care what format you use as long as there is no guesswork. April 4, 2026, great. The 5th of May, great. But if you write the date as 01/02/03 then that’s a communication problem. It drives me nuts when companies post the date as „07.10.2026“ and you have no idea if it’s July or October they are talking about.

      No, it does not matter what is common in your area. Others don’t know what is common in your area. No, it does not matter what is comfortable to say in your language. Others say it differently.

      If you can look at $20 and say „twenty dollars“ then you can look at 2026-04-06 and say „April 6th“ or „the 6th of April“. It’s really not that difficult.

      the fact that 2026-04-06 also alphabetizes in chronological order is just a bonus. Clarity of communication is what matters. r/ISO8601

    31. MadaoDamboru on

      as Lithuanian I love this format, any other way to write date feels weird

    32. TheOverratedTrash on

      learnt this fir the first time from the immigration officer, after I wrote the date wrong on a form needed to filled before entering the country

    35. sarah-vdb on

      I use YYYYMMDD for file folders/archiving. It’s just logical.

      Though as an American who’s now European, I always have to check context before being sure in any other situation.

    38. kolology on

      Being a Lithuanian and seeing people fight over which of their *wrong formats* is correct was always fun.

    39. SWE76 on

      Its Year/Month/Day/Hour/Minute/Second

      Writing it in any other way makes no sense.

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