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by noisem4ker 2357 days ago
Just switch to ISO 8601 formatted dates already: YYYY-MM-DD.
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I agree. I love when my dates sort fine as normal strings. It's easier to read too imo.
I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
I've had my rant at someone already this year. A lawyer posting about legal documents saying "make sure you put all four digits in to avoid confusion" and the giving an example like 03/01/2020.

Sigh.

To be real, that might be a date format I would fire a lawyer over.
In the debate between US and non-US dates, I think this is the right answer.

I've started using it as much as possible now. But I am but one man.