Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down155
arrow-up1664arrow-down1external-linkA funny thing about Americans and calendar dateslemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoBut if you type it as “[RTL invert]yyyy/mm/dd” it is automatically sorted correctly in ltr parsing systems but still displayed correctly (assuming it is supported which it seems to be on most devices nowadays).
minus-squareOsan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoYou want it displayed as “yyyy/mm/dd” so it’s actually “[RTL]dd/mm/yyyy”
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoAh, I read the original comment backwards.
But if you type it as “[RTL invert]yyyy/mm/dd” it is automatically sorted correctly in ltr parsing systems but still displayed correctly (assuming it is supported which it seems to be on most devices nowadays).
You want it displayed as “yyyy/mm/dd” so it’s actually “[RTL]dd/mm/yyyy”
Ah, I read the original comment backwards.