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Re: [RFC/PATCH] date parsing: be friendlier to our European friends.

From
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Date
Jul 14, 2006, 10:26 UTC
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On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 15:54 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Before the list gets useless comments, the code prefer to accept
> more sensible and/or unambiguous forms, such as ISO or RFC2822.
> The issue this addresses is what to do when we get other forms.

Rejecting them and demanding unambiguous forms is better than silently getting it wrong.

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dwmw2
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  1. parse_date(): fix parsing 03/10/2006Junio C Hamano, Apr 5, 2006
  2. Andrew MortonApr 5, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2006
  4. Andrew MortonApr 5, 2006
  5. date parsing: be friendlier to our European friends.Junio C Hamano, Apr 5, 2006
  6. Sam RavnborgApr 5, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2006
  8. David WoodhouseJul 14, 2006

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