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  • T tumbledDown2earth

    Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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    Is that a programming question? I don't know about you but the dates I have are quite enjoyable.

    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
    You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
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    • T tumbledDown2earth

      Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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      Lost User
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      I find that they block you up a bit if you eat to many.

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        I find that they block you up a bit if you eat to many.

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        Roger Wright
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        I've heard that a tablespoon of castor oil will clear that up for you.

        Will Rogers never met me.

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          I've heard that a tablespoon of castor oil will clear that up for you.

          Will Rogers never met me.

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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          or a suppository.

          If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
          You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
          Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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          • T tumbledDown2earth

            Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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            dan sh
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            Especially in middle east. Wait...you are not talking about those dates, are you?

            "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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              I find that they block you up a bit if you eat to many.

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              dusty_dex
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              Just complement them with prunes or figs. :-D

              "It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.

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                Just complement them with prunes or figs. :-D

                "It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.

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                TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                Especially ones that are slightly decrepit.

                If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                  or a suppository.

                  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                  You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                  Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                  CMullikin
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                  A suppository of castor oil? :omg:

                  The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                    A suppository of castor oil? :omg:

                    The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                    That's a greasy situation...

                    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                    You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                    • T tumbledDown2earth

                      Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                      Lost User
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                      tumbledDown2earth wrote:

                      Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

                      As an unformatted Double, it's beauty. It's the localized representations that suck.

                      Console.WriteLine("Posted on star-date: {0}", DateTime.Now.ToOADate());
                      Posted on star-date: 41386,8388463889

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                        tumbledDown2earth wrote:

                        Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

                        As an unformatted Double, it's beauty. It's the localized representations that suck.

                        Console.WriteLine("Posted on star-date: {0}", DateTime.Now.ToOADate());
                        Posted on star-date: 41386,8388463889

                        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                        dusty_dex
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                        > "It's the localized representations that suck." That and daylight savings. X|

                        "It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.

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                        • T Thomas Daniels

                          yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss That's how I format it.

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                          H Brydon
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                          That is called comparison time format or (almost) ISO 8601[^].

                          -- Harvey

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                          • T tumbledDown2earth

                            Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                            Mladen Jankovic
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                            That is rather unorthodox approach to dating. It may be a cliché, but why don't you try with something easier, like favorite movie? Instead of favorite date/time format?

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                            • T tumbledDown2earth

                              Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                              GuyThiebaut
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                              Previously working with SAS and Windows I had great(not) fun with dates as SAS starts its counting in 1960. So for every SAS data you had to apply a weighting to bring it into line with a Windows generated date. Why can't we just have a star date like Catpain[sic] Kirk has? Signing off star date: -309693.60594241496

                              “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

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                              • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                                That's a greasy situation...

                                If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                                You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                                Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                                RedDk
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                                That's like trying to ... wait I can't say that in the CP lounge can I?

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                                  That is called comparison time format or (almost) ISO 8601[^].

                                  -- Harvey

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                                  Jan Steyn
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                                  And the only format you can safely used around me. I might harm you if you use any other format.

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                                  • T tumbledDown2earth

                                    Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                                    Mike Hankey
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                                    Until they start talking about there exex, how they hate when a man doesn't leave the seat up, etc... Oh DateTime...never mind!

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                                    • T tumbledDown2earth

                                      Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                                      tumbledDown2earth
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                                      So finally there are 3 known kinds of dates (at least in English) ...

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                                      • T tumbledDown2earth

                                        Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

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                                        Brady Kelly
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                                        Or when you have to randomize dates and times to reflect real world scenarios, like a car's time in a parkade.

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                                          tumbledDown2earth wrote:

                                          Dates are really wonderful until you get into date-time formats, time-zones and localization and formatted strings

                                          As an unformatted Double, it's beauty. It's the localized representations that suck.

                                          Console.WriteLine("Posted on star-date: {0}", DateTime.Now.ToOADate());
                                          Posted on star-date: 41386,8388463889

                                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                                          BobJanova
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                                          Best thing about this post: even your output has suffered from localisation!

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