Manc AvGeek<p>US date format is utterly stupid at the best of times, but while writing the blurb for one of Thursday's photos, I just found myself staring blankly at the screen wondering if something happened in June or July of one year.<br>Have a look at this.<br><a href="https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=45159" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=45159</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Towards the top, we have this line.</p><p>"returned 11/92, dbr ARN 7/6/1997"</p><p>In UK date format, dates get more precise the further to the left you go - today is 24-02-25, the year is 2025, then the month is 02 (february), then the actual date - the further to the left you go, the more precise you can date somethin.<br>In this case, the date this plane returns from lease (11/92) makes perfect sense.<br>The date it is damaged beyond repair is given as 7/6/1997 - which would be 7th June 1997 in UK format, or 6th July in US -0 which is which?<br>Looking further thriough the page, we find it was first delivered to tarom 8/25/1977, since there aren't 25 months in the year, this is obviouskly written in US format, so 25th August 1977.<br>So - and yes, I am literally just about to make my point - WHAT MONTH WAS THIS RETURNED OFF LEASE?<br>Because the 2 fields given, in the US format, denote date and year.<br>It makes perfect sense in UK format, but is entirely nonsensical in US format.<br>It was returned on the 11th of... some month, who knows... 1997<br>Oh, wait, you drop the middle field?<br>Is that... but... wait...</p><p>**insert obligatory Capt Tightpants .gif**</p><p>Why would you drop the middle field like that, why would you effectively start using the other format, when it just doesn't! make! sense!!</p><p>And yes, ISO8601 makes more sense than either of the other formats, and is what I use myself, but the format commonly used here in the UK makes far more sense than that used in the US, especially when you go and drop fields like that!<br>GRRRRR!!</p><p><a href="https://social.teamb.space/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://social.teamb.space/tags/TimeFormats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeFormats</span></a> <a href="https://social.teamb.space/tags/EveryoneSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EveryoneSucks</span></a> <a href="https://social.teamb.space/tags/MyHeadHurts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyHeadHurts</span></a></p>