4. It implements ISO 8601 (which exists for a reason): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Calendar_dates
On 7/14/2022 6:25 PM, MRAB wrote:
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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