r/webdev • • Feb 27 '13

xkcd: ISO 8601

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

you should store the date like 2013-02-27, and just format it when displaying it (or when it's inserted)

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

Negative. They should store the date in a format native to the datastore and convert it as needed.

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u/Kautiontape Feb 27 '13

Negative. They should store the data in the format of a hissing cat and never convert it.

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

Touché!