this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2023
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I originally posted this on the other site back when I took the picture, and it resulted in a lot of confused comments, especially from Americans, eventually getting removed by overzealous mods. Either way, I promise you that this date does not exist, and has never existed.

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[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Man I swear I remember this on reddit.. or a post similar to it.

I remember many of my fellow Americans couldn't understand the date format.

Edit: And it looks like the same thing happened here..

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're so close. Even in European date formats, the 29th of February doesn't exist.

[–] gever4ever@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It exists in leap years. 2023, however, wasn't a leap year.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I understand that.. I'm just talking about the users fixating on the date format. Look at all the examples in the comments.

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah that's where I originally posted it. I just remembered it when I first discovered this community on Lemmy and thought I'd share it here as well. I agree with you completely it's crazy how it just inspires so much random discussion on date formats when it's just supposed to be a funny quirk about how the 29th exists in all months except one, except for the years it exists there as well.