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Re:New in Go 1.20: wrapping multiple errors by divan on Sunday December 11, 2022 @04:08PM (#33947534)
mnemonic is just a memory aid, it can be anything. if you prefer other term, feel free to use it, but the point still holds - it's a 1234567-based date that you remember once (most people can do it) and it helps remembering what should be in the format string.
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Re:New in Go 1.20: wrapping multiple errors by rmrfchik on Monday December 12, 2022 @12:20AM (#33951173)
What is 1234567 anyway? Why 1 is month? From which clue should I remember that?
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Re:New in Go 1.20: wrapping multiple errors by masklinn on Monday December 12, 2022 @06:46AM (#33953651)
From the cultural assimilation of being american for which it makes perfect sense that the month comes first and the year comes last. Apparently. That’s also why the timezone is a weird-ass US timezone (MST, Mountain Standard Time), and why you don’t get tzdata timezone names.

But don’t rely too much on cultural assimilation, because DOW is not the Sunday / 0 you might then expect.

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