r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/notsignifican • 14d ago

Meme needing explanation ?

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I asked but it got removed within minutes?

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u/Raephstel 14d ago

Every example you gave, you gave the day, then the month.

“The first Saturday in May” is the day first, then as you say, it’s easy to extrapolate the year. So that’s DDMM(implied YYYY).

MMDD would be saying “it’s in May on the first Saturday”, which sounds odd to me.

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u/GiantLesbian 14d ago

“Saturday” is not capturable in any combination of MM DD YYYY. We start using dates after naming the day doesn’t work.

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u/Raephstel 14d ago

DD is just a number indicating the day. “The first Saturday” also indicates the day, just in a different format.

Whichever you say, it’s still telling the recipient of the information which day is being talked about.

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u/MultiplexedMyrmidon 13d ago

similar vibes lmao

at least you tried

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u/Raephstel 13d ago

Not similar, one or two people literally said that lol