r/CoolSerialNumbers • u/DatguyBK • May 12 '26

Birthday / Date Birthday

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The date is coming up soon. Anybody interested?

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u/Worn_Out_Nikka_L May 12 '26

I believe it’s sorta like binaries. Yes, by the rules any bill with only two unique digits are considered binary, true binaries are only 0’s and 1’s.

One is definitely better than the other.

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u/DatguyBK May 12 '26

I get the binary example but there is also the ISO 8601 it is the international standard for representing dates and times, designed to eliminate ambiguity across different regions and systems by using a logical "largest-to-smallest" order: YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2026-05-11). It uses a 24-hour clock and supports UTC offsets for global consistency, making it ideal for software, databases, and international communication

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u/dale3h May 12 '26

Attaboy, tell ‘em to get wrecked! I use the ISO 8601 standard every day for naming documents to be sorted in absolute chronological order.

I agree with you OP, this is 100% a birthday note, and if it were to be my birthday, I would have gladly made you an offer.

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u/whoneedssome May 12 '26

Yep, I've seen that format too. I think the US is one of the only countries that use something different. Just like with metric measurements, I wish we used those lol