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My favorite thing about this date format is using it in file names. Sorting the files by name also sorts them by date.
Meeting notes 2023-06-29.txt Meeting notes 2023-06-30.txt Meeting notes 2023-07-01.txt
I know that they use that format in daily life in Asia but to me it's the "computer format" for this exact reason.
Getting people to adopt to this in large projects is soooo difficult but it provides soooo much benefit :/
Thi is the way.