thoughts about this, /sci/?also, happy Pi Day!

>>7931410
It's 14/3/2016 though, ameridumb

>>7931410
>>/9gag/

>>7931410
posted at pi'o'clock. grats op

>>7931414

It's not 9gag, you see a watermark? Thought so, stop falseflagging

>>7931413

the date on this very site says 03/14/16
if you don't like it, leave

>>7931416
hot damn, you are right. and it wasn't even intentional

>>7931413
>>7931422
the date is 2016/14/03

>>7931410
janny cum lately

>>7931416
>14/03/16(Mon)11:14:15 No.7931410
>pi o'clock

>>7931477

Psst, check this out

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

>>7931413
YMD = 2016-03-14
DMY = 14.3.2016
MDY = 3/14/2016

>>7931584
How has the world not agreed that YMD is superior yet? It's the only lexographically sortable variation.

>MDY
Absolutely trash
>DMY
Good for short term since the day is visually easy to spot and sort, long term not so much
>YMD
Sortable, in order, not easy to confuse with the previous two (Y is first)

I don't get it. Dates are far from standardized except in specific places (like I assume air travel or stock markets or something might have an internal standard), but why hasn't everybody chosen this format?

>>7931660
2016-03-14 is the officially correct way according to the International Organization of Standards (ISO).

It is ISO 8601.

I always write dates this officially correct way. You should too. Maybe someday the world will.

>>7931472
>>7931899
Only correct answer

>>7931660
A few years of military service has burned the NATO standard into me. I think it works quite well:

Date:
14MAR16

Literally can't confuse the date or month when use this method. It's idiot proof.

>>7932868
Isn't great for computers though. Have to convert it to sort it (or have a weird sorting algorithm).

But it makes sense when confusing month/day means Al Queda wins.

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Schrödinger's cat

Why is π such a meme number? Nobody ever talks about the far more interesting irrational numbers.

>>7936306
Because they're all either over-enthusiastic freshman, or popsci sheep