Considering how there's almost no computers anymore with such limited resources that they can't store a string or convert to one, it's kind of crazy anybody bothers with the ambiguity of using numbers for the month.

[–] scubbo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The limited resource is not Compute Power, but Engineer time. Sure, you could ask someone to implement wrappers everywhere in the system so that the display is human-readable - or you could put one label somewhere clarifying the date format to readers.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Implement wrappers everywhere? Why can't they just write a single function that takes an ISO date a spits out a string (human readable) date? I'd put money down that such a function already exists in almost every library that deals with dates.

[–] scubbo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That's why I said "implement" and not just "write". The process of wiring in that existing function has non-negligible cost, as does keeping it updated/patched.

Sure, it should be pretty small - but it's non-zero. Is it worth it? That's a product decision.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hmm good point actually

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes spreadsheet apps like excel do this. If I remember correctly MMMM would write the full month. January.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

i just write mmmmmmm because you can never have too many m's.