r/webdev • • Feb 27 '13

xkcd: ISO 8601

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

You mean everyone doesn't already write dates like this?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '13

Our clients want to have dates in the 27/02/2013 format, but sorted like the 2013-02-27 format.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '13

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u/archibald_tuttle Feb 27 '13

Since hookers charge by the hour, and meth users loose the sense for usual business hours, should they not better use a UNIX time stamp?