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It feels natural to me, but of course that may well be because it's all I've known.

ISO 8601 dates are formatted this way, from biggest period to smallest (e.g. 2019-10-31). It makes them universally easy to parse, and removes any confusion over the date and months parts (common issue between US and UK).



>It makes them universally easy to parse

Don't you mean easy to sort?

If not, what makes YYYY-MM-DD any easier to parse then MM/DD/YYYY?


I meant both, actually.

The problem with MM/DD/YYYY is that outside of the US it may be perceived as DD/MM/YYYY.


Ah you were using "parse" in the non-technical sense. Thick of me not to have considered that possibility. Thanks for the clarification.




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