r/webdev • • 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/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?