Thread (17 messages) flat view 17 messages, 9 authors, 2016-06-15

Re: Teach "approxidate" about weekday syntax

From: Matthias Urlichs <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:12

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
~Randy  [who would just use ISO standard date format]
You can't just use non-confusing dates. 
People used to confusion would be confused.

Speaking of which ..:

Linus Torvalds wrote:
quoted
5 months with 73 days each; Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, The
 Aftermath
I'm sorry, but having "git log --since=confusion" would just be
irresponsible.
Possibly, but on the other hand there'd be a lot more truth in these than
in our current month names. (November hasn't been the ninth month for
*some* time now...)

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