Kaptaan Jack to Programmer Humor · 1 year agoAlphabetically sorted months. But WHY?imagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down115
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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoObviously it’s a an act of protest so the months are officially remade to be alphabetically ordered.
minus-squaresubway@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoCan’t we just call them month 1 to month 12 like CJK languages do?
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoNo, it has to be month 0 to 11.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoBut in alphabetical order: 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThis is not even in alphabetical order, three couldn’t be before the four.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoWhich is why ISO 8601 is superior.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.