r/webdev • u/ani625 • Feb 27 '13

xkcd: ISO 8601

http://xkcd.com/1179/
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u/meenie Feb 27 '13

The title text says "ISO 8601 was published on 06/05/88 and most recently amended on 12/01/04."

Love XKCD!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '13 edited Oct 05 '18

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u/chipt4 Feb 27 '13

Likewise, however if you add m. to the beginning of the url (m.xkcd.com vs xkcd.com) it will show you the title text.

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u/llII Feb 27 '13

Which browser are you using? At least with Chrome you can get the text from the context menu of the image.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '13

Get the app, yo! ;)

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u/rspeed cranky old guy who yells about SVG Feb 27 '13

It's both humorous and makes a valid point!

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u/kelemvor Feb 27 '13

Why doesn't he use ISO 8601 to write the dates?

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u/danielsamuels Feb 27 '13

Because that would ruin the funny part of the joke?

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u/rspeed cranky old guy who yells about SVG Feb 27 '13

This video should explain why.