On 13/07/2022 12:12, [email protected] wrote:
Also the GH bot is using DD/MM/YYYY date format :-( whyyyyyy?

Because github is international, and everyone but the US seems to agree that
```
            /\
           /  \
          /    \
         / day  \
        /________\
       /          \
      /    month   \
     /______________\
    /                \
   /       year       \
  /____________________\
```
is preferable to
```
        __________
       /          \
      /    month   \
     /______________\
            /\
           /  \
          /    \
         / day  \
     ___/________\___
    /                \
   /       year       \
  /____________________\
```

I much prefer YYYY-MM-DD (or YYYY.MM.DD) because:

1. It's consistent with HH:MM:SS and other instances where there are multiple units (they go from largest to smallest).

2. It's easier to sort them.

3. It removes the confusion over whether it's DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY.
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