Re: [RELEASE] The cursed fourth Python 3.11 beta (3.11.0b4) is available

On 13/07/2022 12:12, [email protected] wrote:
>> Also the GH bot is using DD/MM/YYYY date format :-( whyyyyyy?
> 
> Because github is international, and everyone but the US seems to agree that
> ```
>             /\
>            /  \
>           /    \
>          / day  \
>         /________\
>        /          \
>       /    month   \
>      /______________\
>     /                \
>    /       year       \
>   /____________________\
> ```
> is preferable to
> ```
>         __________
>        /          \
>       /    month   \
>      /______________\
>             /\
>            /  \
>           /    \
>          / day  \
>      ___/________\___
>     /                \
>    /       year       \
>   /____________________\
> ```
> 
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.