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Re: Teach "approxidate" about weekday syntax

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Nov 18, 2005, 18:07 UTC
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<pan.2005.11.18.18.07.37.819505@smurf.noris.de>
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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:
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>> 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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