Designing content for people who struggle with numbers

Re:Designing content for people who struggle with numbers by fsckboy on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:03PM (#37605026)

i invented my own which i find easier or at least more useful to read, and a requirement is it does sort properly: YYYYMMmonDD

today is 202309sep21

because i use it for filenames, i don't put in extra punctuation, there are enough cues in the format as is. To really see it, imagine scanning a list of files with different dates

it will still collate properly mixed with languages other than english

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Re:Designing content for people who struggle with numbers by sokoloff on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:38PM (#37605935)

Maybe I'm not understanding something, but it seems like it would not collate properly with mixed languages:

  202304abr22 - My Spanish appointment
  202304apr15 - My English appointment
  202304avr07 - My French appointment

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Re:Designing content for people who struggle with numbers by fsckboy on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:22PM (#37606303)

oh, you make a good point. I'm generally using it for monthly bank statements and whatnot so I'm not looking for fine grained collation, just grouping of "like with like", and i have some international accounts

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Re:Designing content for people who struggle with numbers by Nevermark on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:34AM (#37620598)

I like that, and if day of week is relevant:

    20230915sepFRI

Or for a legibility/size tradeoff:

    2023.09.15.sep.fri

All that left is adding the Chinese zodiac year!

    2023.09.05.rab.sep.fri

Now I am just slightly bothered that the abbreviated words don’t form an isomorphic representation to the numeric. :(

    2023.09.05.3watrab.sep.3fri

3rd Friday in September, 3rd Water Hare starting 1903! :)

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