It annoys me even though I’m still in the U.S.
Edit: For everyone saying CVs and resumes are different, that might be literally the case, but that is not how job applications are using them. I just went to this one:
academia in the us tends to use curiculum vitae.
For everyone downvoting me, an American CV is different from a standard British CV or an American resume
The person specifically mentioned academia, and CV are most often used in academia for jobs, grants, whatever. So the person you responded to is correct.
An American résumé is a CV to the British.
Yes, there are differences between the US and European variations, and people misusing the terms and not understanding the formats has further muddied the waters, so there’s nothing to be solved by debating it here. Anyone wishing to actually adhere to specific formats can google it themselves.
As for dates, it’s possible it’s stored as a raw date and downstairs for display. If that’s the case it could be up to the browser to suggest a localization for form input and display. I can’t say for that site you are using but it is possible.
It doesn’t “annoy” me.
I like employers to be open and honest about their various incompetencies. Saves time.
There’s a few other warning signs in that statement too - nice of them sift themselves out so quickly.
When you are writing the date, the only correct way is ISO8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). If you’re speaking to someone (verbal communication) then do whatever you want.
There is a reason though. It’s because you probably want to put dates in order and when you ask a computer to sort things for you, it will automatically order things correctly when the date follows this format. If you put the month first, then the day, then the year, the default sorting behavior will order things incorrectly chronologically speaking.
when you ask a computer to sort things for you, it will automatically order things correctly when the date follows this format
I’d go even further than that, and point out that the reason why computers sort things in this order is because that’s the most logical way to convey specific dates.
Most significant digits on the left, descending left to right, in order, is how we do all other numerical representations. It’s only dates that we have different norms.
when making someone a cup of tea, the only correct way is ISO3103. if youre making it for yourself then do whatever you want.
It’s the same shit as the kids saying “candy” instead of sweets in the UK, and getting british accents from Peppa Pig in the US.
The date stuff is super stupid though :
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Fuck the US date scheme
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You don’t need fucking day numbers for anything on your CV, except your DOB.
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7th Jan 2007 . You’re welcome, now it doesn’t really matter which order you put the DD/MM
7th Jan 2007 . You’re welcome, now it doesn’t really matter which order you put the DD/MM
But do you write September as Sep, or Sept? I’ve heard that this is also a British/USA thing
