Why don't we write years with a comma?

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i.e. the year 2,016.

I have a very negative reaction when I see numbers written without commas in the appropriate places, and now I’ve noticed this reading years will never be the same again

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no.

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Getting pretty sick of your shit mate

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you should stop sniffing it mate

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preferred date format poll subthread

  • 29/11/16
  • 29/11/2016
  • 29.11.16
  • 29.11.2016
  • 29 November 16
  • 29 November 2016
  • 29th November 16
  • 29th November 2016
  • 2,016

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See that American Month before day shit, not on

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Should just go back to the French Revolutionary Calendar. I mean we kept all the centimetres and the like.

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Milliseconds since epoch, obviously.

I prefer yyyy-mm-dd hhmmss though since it sorts consistently.

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it defies all logic, so obviously wasn’t going to include it in the poll

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For a bonus point, can I quote ISO 8601 at you?

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The months have quite nice names.

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only for data entry/file names etc though surely. never in open text

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year,s?

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I’m fine with either one out of the first four options tbh.

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I’ll sometimes use yyyy-mm-dd in open text too; it avoids any possible confusion around dates like 03/05/2016.

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i can only see that causing confusion if you’re working Transatlanticlally

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You’d be surprised. ISO standards exist for a reason.

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because people who put a comma in 4 digit numbers are bellends of the highest order. get back to me in the year 10,000.

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Going to help you out here mate, I actually write the year like this but also box it [2,016] feel it takes away the confusion from what could be the month and day or year. e.g. 29/11[2,016] is todays date and I think it looks rather nice

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this is a wonderfully horrifying response

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