It annoys me even though I’m still in the U.S.
Edit: For everyone saying CVs and resumes are different, that might be literally the case, but that is not how job applications are using them. I just went to this one:
When you are writing the date, the only correct way is ISO8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). If you’re speaking to someone (verbal communication) then do whatever you want.
when making someone a cup of tea, the only correct way is ISO3103. if youre making it for yourself then do whatever you want.
There is a reason though. It’s because you probably want to put dates in order and when you ask a computer to sort things for you, it will automatically order things correctly when the date follows this format. If you put the month first, then the day, then the year, the default sorting behavior will order things incorrectly chronologically speaking.
when you ask a computer to sort things for you, it will automatically order things correctly when the date follows this format
I’d go even further than that, and point out that the reason why computers sort things in this order is because that’s the most logical way to convey specific dates.
Most significant digits on the left, descending left to right, in order, is how we do all other numerical representations. It’s only dates that we have different norms.
The date thing is infuriating because the American date format just shouldn’t exist
ISO is best. There’s no debate there. From a data science perspective, YYYY/MM/DD is the only reasonable choice.
But most of the time you’re using dates, you’re only concerned with the month and day. That’s the very reason we don’t use ISO in our daily lives. If you started every mention of a date with the year, people would think you’re a crazy person, or a time traveler, or perhaps a recently-awakened coma patient. There’s just no need to begin with the year. Next Wednesday, 2024 December 18.
If you exclude the year, then the choice is month/day or day/month. Between the two, month/day is far more useful for the same reasons ISO is best. If I need both the month and the day, then I want the month first. The only time I would want the day first is if the month doesn’t matter, and I can omit the month in that case. Giving me the day first and then the month forces me to wait for the month and then remember the day. It’s inefficient transfer of information. If you exclude the year, MM/DD is objectively, if only marginally, better than DD/MM.
But then why would anyone use MM/DD/(YY)YY? Because we’re already using MM/DD.
Ahem - there is a debate… it’s over
/vs.-. As is proper - all true debates should be over minor formatting decisions (soft tabs over my fucking dead body)./can’t be used in a filename on most common filesystems so that doesn’t enter the conversation the real question is if you include-as a delimiter at all.20241212or2024-12-12? They are fixed width fields so I skip the delimiter when I’m storing data* but tend to use the delimiter when writing for a general audience.* Y10k problem right here!
What programmer in their right mind uses / instead of -?
I use the delimiter when writing out log files when I want hour or minute in the logfile name. SantaChimneyLog_20241225-0312.txt. Otherwise yeah it just gets left off.
ISO 8601 gets a bit weird with times.
Using
Tto separate the date and time components looks a but strange but is unambiguous and widely compatible.Then the
:delimiter between the time components is just impractical because, well again we put data in files and files live in filesystems. Any special characters that can’t be used in filenames on all major filesystems is a nonstarter.
The dates are written to match how it’s said. In the US we say our dates as month day year, and before you say “But the 4th of July” my counterpoint is that the 4th of July takes place on July 4th. And Cinco de Mayo takes place on May 5th. And May the Fourth Be With You takes place on May 4th.
It just depends on how you say it out loud.
Here in the us, we would say today is December 11th, so we write it the same way, 12/11.
Other parts of the world would say today is the 11th of December, so they write it that way, 11/12.
I’m not from either place.
I was under the impression that a CV and a resume are different things. A CV is a general compilation of all things you’ve done, and a resume is a curated list used for applying to jobs.
I do know that they’re used interchangeably for the most part, but this is how I was explained the difference in practice.
They seem to be used interchangeably in the UK at the jobs I’m applying for, but what I have is definitely CV and not resume.
They’re similar, but used for different purposes. According to UC Davis (University of California), these are the differences
“CV” is definitely not only used for academic positions in the UK. They almost always say CV instead of resume. That’s much less common than the date format.
As for dates, it’s possible it’s stored as a raw date and downstairs for display. If that’s the case it could be up to the browser to suggest a localization for form input and display. I can’t say for that site you are using but it is possible.
It’s the same shit as the kids saying “candy” instead of sweets in the UK, and getting british accents from Peppa Pig in the US.
The date stuff is super stupid though :
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Fuck the US date scheme
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You don’t need fucking day numbers for anything on your CV, except your DOB.
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7th Jan 2007 . You’re welcome, now it doesn’t really matter which order you put the DD/MM
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