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0 pointsmcrae6y ago0 comments

Because its unambiguous -- DD-MM-YYYY could be confused for MM-DD-YYYY

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I personally prefer to spell out the first three letters of the name of the month to reduce ambiguity, this works well across all regions in the world I do business with.

joering26y ago

How can you confuse 31-12-2019 ?

yongjik6y ago

Unless you plan to use one format until 12th of each Month and a different format between 13th and 31st, your objection doesn't seem relevant.

NullPrefix6y ago

10-11-2019 and 11-10-2019

loco5niner6y ago

Obviously you can't, because you cherry picked a non-confusing date.

But you can easily confuse 01-02-2020 or 03-01-2020.

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