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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by Semaphor on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:43AM (#32722316)
It’s like how they made yyyy-MM-dd the law in Germany for official communications. No one cared, so they changed it to make it optional when used within Germany or when there is no ambiguity a few years later :D
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by ygra on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:13AM (#32722567)
DIN 5008 should be required reading for anyone ;-)

I do care, though, and use ISO 8601 almost exclusively in writing. And I do know a few others. Perhaps things will change eventually.

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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by Semaphor on Monday September 05, 2022 @08:49AM (#32723704)
By "no one", I meant those that were supposed to use it: Government officials ;) I personally use it as well, and so does my workplace, surprisingly.
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by Ma8ee on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:32AM (#32722721)
We have been using it in Sweden as long as I can remember.
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