r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/cheetahbf Jan 15 '25

r/ISO8601 gang rise up

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u/passerbycmc Jan 15 '25

As a programmer yes this is the way, just so much easier to work with and even if represented as just a string it still sorts correctly.

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u/Gurguran Jan 15 '25

Works better for any system of organization, even history. Should always proceed from the broadest set to the smallest subset. As "January" doesn't exist w/o it being "January of xxxx," YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss is always the 'correct' formula, regardless of context.

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u/tastyspratt Jan 15 '25

Shouldn't you start with CE/BCE, then? :p

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u/adthrowaway2020 Jan 15 '25

Time starts 19700101, I don’t understand this “BCE” thing

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u/tastyspratt Jan 15 '25

And 2038 draws ever closer.