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Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12 (thebeaverton.com)

submitted 1 month ago by dankm@lemmy.ca to c/iso8601@lemmy.sdf.org

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Because he didn't know about ISO8601. The only correct date format, especially in Canada.

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[–] mrbn@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"What. No it’s month first,” responded his girlfriend Christine. The couple subsequently got in a huge fight and broke up, meaning their relationship only lasted from 10/01/2023-05/03/2024, with neither knowing if that is 6 months or over a year.

What a good line 😂

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

The Beaverton is great.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

, with neither knowing if that is 6 months or over a year.

I mean, that's the kind of ambiguity that makes exes hot, right?

...right?