Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ISO 8601 (YYYYMMDD) is the only "logical" way to represent dates. day-month-year (european style) is not consistent with the way we denote numerical values (greatest magnitude first) nor can the value be sorted (numerically or alphabetically) and still maintain chronological date order. For all things computer (including file names for photo directories), I use ISO 8601. That being said, I personally believe the month deserves elevation to the front of the date string because of the three units, it's the most important unit of time. I lay in the hammock, looking at the sky through the trees and think: "It's June." This is a very different feeling than anxiously sitting in front of the computer thinking: "It's almost the 15th!" And forget about "It's already 2012!" I am a human, not a computer! -rei On 08/09/2010 03:34 AM, Jeff Moore wrote: > 2010-08-09-01:42:13 Mark Rabiner: > >> Today is 8/9/10! >> > Yeah... no. Month-day-year (medium-small-large) is a completely > irrational order in which to write dates, and I reject it utterly. > Even though I live in the US. > > Besides, you, the Rabs, who rail against anyone using acronyms, even > those well understood by everyone else in the room, should acknowledge > that writing three two-digit numbers in a row, which will be > interpreted by different people in different ways, isn't clear. It's > more unclear than most of your hated acronyms. So use something > unambiguous: > > 9-Aug-2010 > > August 9th, 2010 (if you really insist on month first) > > 2010-08-09 (because nobody writes year-day-month!) > > So there. > > While I don't want the world to be boringly culturally homogeneous, > there are some things we should all just get with the program on: > > - Numerically abbreviate dates, if we must, day-month-year. > > - Use the metric system, dammit. > > - Drive on the right-hand side of the road. > > Some adjustments there for many of us. Everybody, get on it. > > Thanks. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >