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Re: 0-Based indexes for git log

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NWNico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Sep 24, 2025, 17:04 UTC
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 01:01:30PM -0400, 𝕍𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕖𝕣 wrote:
> > Day of month numbers are 1-based.
> 
> I consider day of month to use a 0-based index

The rest of the world does not. You want to be able to interoperate with the rest of the world. So day of month numbers are 1-based. I also wish everything were 0-based, but it's not. That's just life.

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