Post #4281100
2026-07-31 14:19 UTC
ALSO — *weaponizing* ISO 8601 by using it EVERYWHERE "because it's the standard!!1" —even in unhinged places like, say, an isolated date range in a web UI — is a jerk thing to do.
No, my brain cannot parse "2026-07-27 - 2026-08-01" as fast as "27 Jul - 1 Aug", so sorry for not being a computer. 😛 Maybe think about what you're building.
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@linc@phpc.social 2026-07-31 14:23
I've got Microsoft talking to me like I'm a computer in one window while Discord talks to me in another like I'm living in Victorian times with MD,Y.
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@timwolla@phpc.social 2026-07-31 14:24
@linc@phpc.social I'd argue it should be Jul 27 - Aug 1, just dropping the the redundant (because identical) year information, but otherwise keeping the ISO-8601 order. Because otherwise 27 Jul - 1 Aug very much looks like 27 Jul - 1 Sep when glancing at it.
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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-07-31 14:27
@linc@phpc.social Since I read that in my head as “July twenty-seventh through August first,” my brain also has parsing problems with reading “27 Jul - 1 Aug” in natural language. I end up reading it as “twenty-seven July through one August,” which doesn’t sound natural to my ears.