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minus-squareEngineerGaminglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·9 months agoI think the point was that the format itself is odd. I am European and it’s weird to me: logically it should be either from greatest to smallest, or from smallest to greatest, not a weird in-between.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoLogically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoNot very good for birthdates.
I think the point was that the format itself is odd. I am European and it’s weird to me: logically it should be either from greatest to smallest, or from smallest to greatest, not a weird in-between.
Logically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
Not very good for birthdates.