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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by the42thdoctor on Saturday October 14, 2023 @08:09PM (#37885517)
There, even better: 21/11/2021
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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by Jenda_ on Saturday October 14, 2023 @09:32PM (#37885993)
No: 1) unfortunately ambiguous with also widely used MM/DD/YYYY, 2) cannot be naturally sorted, the order does not go from the most significant to the least significant, especially when appended with HH:MM:SS.
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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by Moru on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:31AM (#37887142)
Sorry, can't sort it in a column. I'm totally uninterested in everything that ever happened the first of january. I want to see the mails from last night on top.
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