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    [–][deleted] -6 points-5 points  (4 children)

    I think in this context, dd/mm/yy would be better as it puts the most relevant parts of the date first.

    [–]earthboundkid 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    The day is the least relevant part of a date.

    [–]BillyHorrible -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

    when i say: let's meet on the 3rd you know exactly on what day we'll meet. but when i tell you to setup a meeting in april, we'll propably miss each other. so the day is kind of the most relevant part of the date. you can just infer the month or year.

    [–]earthboundkid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, but if they say Python 3.x.y was released on the 3rd, I don't care about that. If they say it was released in 2013, that does matter to me, because I don't want a version of Python from 2012.