What kind of programers will get fat on Y10k? :right:

I believe that dd/mm/yy is based on the assumption that what day it is is the most operative information in a date, and from there what month it is is, hopefully, a more known variable, and, lastly, what year it is is included really just for legal purposes. It's arranged in order of immediate importance.

Wait a second, nevermind. We don't do it that way.

There are no programmers left. They were all cruelly and ruthlessly fired on 1/1/00 when everything worked fine. They're in hiding, probably in remote Pakistan, waiting for the unix timestamp overflow problem that will *really* devastate us. It's worse than the Y2K problem because managers don't understand it. It will happen at 2038-01-19 03:14:07. You have about 32 years to live, good luck to you all.

Thanks, like I didn't have enough to worry about, already.:rar: :thepain3: :worried:

:thumb:

I just had to point out that it makes me happy that someone else follows this. It is, really, the only date format that makes sense.

@Undertoad: The solution, of course, is that we all convert to Lindows.

Oh, do you often wonder what year it is? :eyebrow: It makes sense for archival records but in daily usage it's clumsy.

*posting in the year 2006*

ahem! damn, now if i could only find my sundial watch. what day is it? where am I!

Happy 2006 to you Cheyenne!

Not if you use the full format. It is difficult to confuse "2006" with a day or month. Sorting is a breeze no matter where you use this format, supported or not.

YYYY-MM-DD HH.mm

That format (starting with YYYY) is not preferred when in a verbal conversation (actual talking).

Anyone remember those?

Oh, like, "In the year of our lord, two-thousand six..."?

There's a common example.

No, like... you're friend is signing a check, and asks "What's the date?"

What do you say?

"Wednesday, February fifteenth, two-thousand six."

...but I'm not writing that. I'm not aware of anyone that does, actually.

Well, the verbal one is better to me.

MM/DD/YYYY verbally.

Nice of you to throw in the day of the week, when your friend asks for the date.