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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by BrandoElFollito on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:00PM (#24093143)
No, it does not take into account timezones.

We have ISO 8601, no need to reinvent the wheel as a square.

https://xkcd.com/1179/ (date only)

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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by dependenttypes on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:03AM (#24119429)
This XKCD is incorrect, 20130227 is also a valid ISO 8601 date.
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