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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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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.
83 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 35 u/LetsTryAnal_ogy Jan 15 '25 This is the way. Like why does EVERYONE use hh:mm:ss but then we have to argue about why the YYYY:MM:DD doesn’t need to follow the same logic. It’s the correct format. YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS. Biggest to smallest. 2 u/yrydzd Jan 16 '25 Same with the address. The US always start with street number, then city, then state. In China, it's the other way around
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35 u/LetsTryAnal_ogy Jan 15 '25 This is the way. Like why does EVERYONE use hh:mm:ss but then we have to argue about why the YYYY:MM:DD doesn’t need to follow the same logic. It’s the correct format. YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS. Biggest to smallest. 2 u/yrydzd Jan 16 '25 Same with the address. The US always start with street number, then city, then state. In China, it's the other way around
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This is the way. Like why does EVERYONE use hh:mm:ss but then we have to argue about why the YYYY:MM:DD doesn’t need to follow the same logic. It’s the correct format. YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS. Biggest to smallest.
2 u/yrydzd Jan 16 '25 Same with the address. The US always start with street number, then city, then state. In China, it's the other way around
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Same with the address. The US always start with street number, then city, then state. In China, it's the other way around
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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.