• verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s the most significant. If it’s wrong or missing you’re off by much more than if the day or month is wrong.

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      1 year ago

      But that’s good, like a parity check. Because your wrong by much more, it’s easier to tell from context clues. That’s why people abbreviated the year to ‘in 98’ or something like that.