Talk:yy
RFD-kept
[edit]— Beobach 20:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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"year, in two-digit, numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy". Also (deprecated template usage) dd (day) and (deprecated template usage) mm (month). These do not strike me as dictionary material any more than (say) a row of underlines ___ as a placeholder for a signature. Firstly, the length of the placeholder can vary in computer systems, e.g. (deprecated template usage) yyyy for 4-digit year, but any length is possible; secondly, the placeholders themselves can vary, e.g. some systems (.NET) support f for a milliseconds digit, and m is generally minutes while only capital M is months. Equinox ◑ 12:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
- I agree, I'd rather see them deleted.
I don't mind a dd/mm/yyyy entry as much, but I suppose that's not a 'word' either. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)- No it's not a 'word' in any language. Delete all. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- Keep. Not because of their use in computer systems — computer systems have all sorts of weird such things (for example, Oracle distinguishes between yy, which is a two-digit year defaulting to 19yy on input, and rr, which is a two-digit year defaulting to 1950–2049 on input) — but because of their use in forms that humans fill out, and in cites such as [1] [2]. Ordinary, non-computer-using people are expected to know what these notations mean. —RuakhTALK 19:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Keep all per Ruakh. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 18:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- What Raifʻhār said.—msh210℠ (talk) 18:57, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- Keep all per Ruakh. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 18:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- Keep. —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 02:54, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
All pass. Mglovesfun (talk) 00:25, 12 November 2010 (UTC)