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Re:Sparkfun giving away $100 per person in free electronics+... by bravura on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @02:52AM (#958889)
No. YYYY/MM/DD because that is: a) easy to sort b) unambiguous regardless of your preferred convention.
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Re:Sparkfun giving away $100 per person in free electronics+... by EventHorizon on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @11:41AM (#959486)
YYYY-MM-DD would be even better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

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Re:Sparkfun giving away $100 per person in free electronics+... by runinit on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @09:55AM (#996547)
The point is that MM/DD/YYYY is really terrible idea, and that either one of these suggested options are FAR better than the posted date.

Guess what, DD/MM/YYYY is widely used and much easier to read than the american standard. So don't be a dick.

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