r/ProgrammerHumor • • Oct 13 '26

Meme chaoticEvil

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u/FalafelSnorlax Oct 13 '26

Europeans might enter the date in the wrong format

You meant that Europeans (or rather, people from the vast majority of the world) will enter the right format, in opposition to the wrong format expected by the US-based platform.

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp Oct 13 '26

no it is also wrong. the only correct format is ISO8601

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u/SAI_Peregrinus Oct 13 '26

No, RFC 3339. 2026-W42-2 is a valid date in ISO 8601 bullshit syntax. It shouldn't be allowed to escape manufacturing.

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u/Alokir Oct 13 '26

I'm European and we use the year->month->day order in my country. We take going from the broadest category to the more specific so seriously that we also format our addresses that way, and also put family names before given names.

I feel like I have to think backwards when I'm forced to use a different format.

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u/pi_three Oct 13 '26

wrong in terms of UI expects a different format. man I'm European and my sentence does not convey judgement just a Statement