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How is it more "objectively correct" than DD-MM-YYYY?
Because its unambiguous -- DD-MM-YYYY could be confused for MM-DD-YYYY
(1) stop using checks already and (2) legal documents should always have the full date (spelled out) on them anyway, so if you just use '20' then that would have been wrong anyway, but 11/Dec/20.
(1) stop using checks already and (2) legal documents should always have the full date (spelled out) on them anyway, so if you just use '20' then that would have been wrong anyway, but 11/Dec/20.
The year is completely ambiguous, could easily be changed from 20 to 2019, 2018, 20anything! ️
Just switch to ISO 8601 formatted dates already: YYYY-MM-DD.
(1) stop using checks already and (2) legal documents should always have the full date (spelled out) on them anyway, so if you just use '20' then that would have been wrong anyway, but 11/Dec/20.
I always find it interesting how people of a certain age, and especially in technology bubbles, enjoy restricting their options so much, as if there is some kind of nobility in giving themselves fewer choices and less freedom in life.
Best tool for the job is on Windows? No way, I only use bespoke FrotzOS distributions on a laptop I built myself from parts I reflowed in my co-living oven.
One of the best movies of all time is on TV tonight? No way, I only watch video if it comes in an internet stream, and only from services I have to tunnel through three VPNs to reach.
Write a check? No way, I only use the Spltzit app for finances, even though it's not accepted everywhere.
Checks are a thing, and will remain a thing for many more decades, or even longer. Get used to it.
(1) stop using checks already and (2) legal documents should always have the full date (spelled out) on them anyway, so if you just use '20' then that would have been wrong anyway, but 11/Dec/20.
Isn't that the point, that you might think 11/Dec/20 is unambiguous, but it is easily converted to 11/Dec/2011
Any serious contract / deed / legal doc I have signed so far has followed that convention, the century being the optional one. The fact that there are always multiple signed copies of such documents, other supporting documents (communications, email) and that fraud in writing is punished quite severely seems to have kept me safe so far.