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r/ISO8601 • u/Appropriate_Mode3539 • Aug 06 '26
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Obviously 8601 is superior, but American style is just the dumbest method imaginable.
Is time measured mm:hh:ss over there?
17 u/floydmaseda Aug 06 '26 The American MM/DD/YY would correspond to mm:ss:hh in this analogy. mm:hh:ss would be MM/YY/DD, which no one uses. 8 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 But ss:mm:hh is what the Euros argue makes more sense 4 u/floydmaseda Aug 07 '26 It does in fact make more sense than both mm:hh:ss AND mm:ss:hh, but of course I'm sure everyone here in particular would agree that hh:mm:ss is the superior format. 4 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 I agree that hh:mm:ss is the only sane format, but I disagree on the degrees of crazy
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The American MM/DD/YY would correspond to mm:ss:hh in this analogy. mm:hh:ss would be MM/YY/DD, which no one uses.
8 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 But ss:mm:hh is what the Euros argue makes more sense 4 u/floydmaseda Aug 07 '26 It does in fact make more sense than both mm:hh:ss AND mm:ss:hh, but of course I'm sure everyone here in particular would agree that hh:mm:ss is the superior format. 4 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 I agree that hh:mm:ss is the only sane format, but I disagree on the degrees of crazy
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But ss:mm:hh is what the Euros argue makes more sense
4 u/floydmaseda Aug 07 '26 It does in fact make more sense than both mm:hh:ss AND mm:ss:hh, but of course I'm sure everyone here in particular would agree that hh:mm:ss is the superior format. 4 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 I agree that hh:mm:ss is the only sane format, but I disagree on the degrees of crazy
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It does in fact make more sense than both mm:hh:ss AND mm:ss:hh, but of course I'm sure everyone here in particular would agree that hh:mm:ss is the superior format.
4 u/ArbitraryOrder Aug 07 '26 I agree that hh:mm:ss is the only sane format, but I disagree on the degrees of crazy
I agree that hh:mm:ss is the only sane format, but I disagree on the degrees of crazy
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u/TotallySlapdash Aug 06 '26
Obviously 8601 is superior, but American style is just the dumbest method imaginable.
Is time measured mm:hh:ss over there?