• WingedThing@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Largest to smallest is way more logical than smallest to largest. You start general and get more specific as you progress. It is in genderal a better approach to conveying information and cataloging data. Not just dates.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but if you’re communicating a date, then it’s likely that the larger chunks of time will match and can be ommitted, so it’s natural to go up the chain in until you hit the day/month/year that matches the current one. Although I guess that’d imply using minutes before hours… I guess you could go large to small and skip anything that matches too. Nvm lol