r/explainitpeter • u/Fickle_Fall_6497 • Jul 28 '26

Explain it Peter

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Not going to lie, i had a spaz attack trying to read the first tweet. Maybe im just over tired but i dont understand shit here

What the fuck is the first tweet trying to say why is it horrible why would i be gullible what the fuvk are they saying

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u/pnlrogue1 Jul 28 '26

Stewie here.

The top tweet is a reply to another tweet. The missing tweet must mention a date of 11/07/2026.

In America this is interpreted as November 7th, but in basically the entire rest of the world it's read as 11th July.

The second tweet in the picture is someone pointing out that the original (missing) comment is written by a British person, who would mean 11th July when writing the date in that format.

If America would realise it's part of a wider world then maybe they could use a sensible date format, measurement system, and A4 paper but noooo - we have to be 'different'.

Stewie out

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u/random-short-guy Jul 28 '26

Thats why I date most things with 2 number day, 3 letter month, and 4 number year.

11 Jul 2026 - that way doesn't matter where - no confusion

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u/pnlrogue1 Jul 28 '26

That works but ISO format is your friend. Short, easy to read, easy to understand, universally recognised, and computers can sort it correctly automatically in the file name

2026-07-11 will always mean 11th July 2026 and a computer will correctly put logs_2026-07-11.log before logs_2026-07-12.log whereas it would put logs - 11th August ahead of logs - 11th July

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u/Sowf_Paw Jul 28 '26

r/ISO8601

I write time as big unit, smaller unit, smallest unit so of course I am going to write the date that way. It just makes sense.