this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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Because it gets horribly fucky when you now have to figure out if a date is actually formatted as MM-DD-YY or DD-MM-YY.
Surely we've all handled reading an expiration date before and have wondered if we're eating something OK or has expired months ago because they chose the other format.
(Honestly, I think both formats are shit, and the only correct way to do dates with numbers only is YYYY-MM-DD. If not, then at least use letters for months, like 30 AUG 2023)
It should be ordered by significance (ideally descending). USA's date is like putting the million between the thousands and the unit.
No, I haven't, and I don't know anyone else who has
Then you've never bought imported food or never got food gifts overseas. Or never travelled to a country that used the format that you don't use.
For example, 06/09/2023 could mean either you're eating something that expires next month, or expired two months ago.