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glatt · 07-11-2010, 07:36 AM

The most intelligent way to write the date is year-month-day. You start with the big numbers first and then get more detailed at you read across. Just like with a regular numbers where you start with thousands first and then go to hundreds and tens and ones. But nobody would want to do that in real life because the year changes so slowly. It just gets in the way as you are trying to get to the point. The American way is a good compromise between making sense by having the big number come first but being easy to use in every day practice by getting the clumsy year out of the way.

monster · 07-11-2010, 09:34 PM

Months change pretty slowly too... day first is most useful in most circumstances

Happy Monkey · 07-13-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The most intelligent way to write the date is year-month-day.

Especially for sorting! That's how my photos are named when downloaded from my camera.

07-11-2010, 09:34 PM	#17
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Months change pretty slowly too... day first is most useful in most circumstances __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-11-2010, 07:36 AM	#16
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The most intelligent way to write the date is year-month-day. You start with the big numbers first and then get more detailed at you read across. Just like with a regular numbers where you start with thousands first and then go to hundreds and tens and ones. But nobody would want to do that in real life because the year changes so slowly. It just gets in the way as you are trying to get to the point. The American way is a good compromise between making sense by having the big number come first but being easy to use in every day practice by getting the clumsy year out of the way.

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