In all honesty, the big problem with Julian dates are they aren’t readable for most people, if they even recognize what they are. In specific industries, it’s an acceptable format, with minimal ambiguity. Now, do we talk about how my company puts the year after the date?
That’s a file path, THIS is a date format: 2025-07-25
That’s a file name, THIS is a date format: 25.07.2025
Finally, some good fucking ISO around here!
How about 25-206 or 2025-W30-5.
Julian dates suck, but not as much as the standard date formats.
Both versions above actually are part of the ISO8601 spec though, as week dates and ordinal dates.
One more reason RFC3339 is better than ISO8601?
In all honesty, the big problem with Julian dates are they aren’t readable for most people, if they even recognize what they are. In specific industries, it’s an acceptable format, with minimal ambiguity. Now, do we talk about how my company puts the year after the date?