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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

In Canada we use MM/DD and DD/MM so you never quite know which it is! There's an expense spreadsheet I fill out for work that uses one format in one place and the other format in another....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Holy cats, that sounds like a nightmare.

[–] flop_leash_973 4 points 11 months ago

Hey, that sounds like my cloud storage providers auto billing system.

“Your auto renewal will draft on 08/09/23.”

Is that August 9th or September 8th? Literally depends on where the person you ask is in the world.

[–] mkwarman 4 points 11 months ago

That would ruin my entire day