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Re:Do not use 'week year': YYYY by steerablesafe on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:02AM (#29794810)
That's perhaps true, but there is no reason why we can't have both. There are many hard-coded format strings in practice.
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Re:Do not use 'week year': YYYY by layer8 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:12AM (#29794912)
Right, my intent was to explain that format-string APIs are there for good reasons and not an arbitrary choice.
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