Kaptaan Jack@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoAlphabetically sorted months. But WHY?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1619arrow-down113
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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoObviously it’s a an act of protest so the months are officially remade to be alphabetically ordered.
minus-squaresubway@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoCan’t we just call them month 1 to month 12 like CJK languages do?
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoNo, it has to be month 0 to 11.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoBut in alphabetical order: 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThis is not even in alphabetical order, three couldn’t be before the four.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoComputers sometimes sort in this logic: “1” is the first digit so everything that starts with “1” comes first. Alphabetical in this sense, not the names of the numbers written out as done in another comment under this post.
minus-squarePresident_Pyrus@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhich is why ISO 8601 is superior.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoOh, why i didn’t consider that, my education background didn’t help i guess, thank you.
Obviously it’s a an act of protest so the months are officially remade to be alphabetically ordered.
Can’t we just call them
month 1tomonth 12like CJK languages do?No, it has to be month 0 to 11.
But in alphabetical order: 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
This is not even in alphabetical order, three couldn’t be before the four.
Computers sometimes sort in this logic: “1” is the first digit so everything that starts with “1” comes first. Alphabetical in this sense, not the names of the numbers written out as done in another comment under this post.
Which is why ISO 8601 is superior.
Oh, why i didn’t consider that, my education background didn’t help i guess, thank you.