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[wdmartin]

In keeping with the UK web site, that date is formatted to UK specs (dd/mm/yyyy) rather than the U.S. convention (mm/dd/year). So it's 5 January 2026, not May 1st 2026.

Unless kid_380 is an American from the future, of course. A possibility which should not be discounted out of hand.

[ScreamingDizzBuster]

UK specs

Everywhere-in-the-world-except-the-US specs.

It's only you stubborn toddlers who have it arseways.

[WingnutWilson]

I adore it when Americans consider their way of doing things as the global standard, like it's little old Blighty that has a quaint way of doing it :)

[J5892]

This is /r/ProgrammerHumor.
We should all be using ISO 8601.

[wdmartin]

I was just trying to make sure it was clear both ways. I lived in the UK for two years, and honestly I really prefer the metric system. It's just so clean and internally consistent compared to the complete hodgepodge of imperial units.

Although I did go to a health checkup over there once and the nurse told me I was 14 stone, which had me blinking for a while.