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Re:Perl code that is syntactically correct only on Fridays by Ma8ee on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @02:21PM (#30364484)
Is that date format used anywhere outside the US? We have always used YYYY-MM-DD. Which is very nice, if for nothing you can use a single string sort if for whatever reason need to sort them.
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Re:Perl code that is syntactically correct only on Fridays by ant6n on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @03:26PM (#30365224)
In my world, there are two date formats: yyyy-mm-dd and dd.mm.yyyy.

Anything involving a slash is asking for trouble.

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Re:Perl code that is syntactically correct only on Fridays by tzs on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @02:36PM (#30364651)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
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