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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by fsckboy on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:44AM (#38149150)
> Why not just something nice and easy-to-parse without all the mathematical confusion, like "44d7"?

how about 5Nov44d7, much easier to parse. go with 5Nov43d6 and I'm on board even quicker because I prefer 0 indexing.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by KineticLensman on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:02AM (#38149234)
Which century is that?
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by mongol on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:55AM (#38149447)
If you prefer zeo indexing, you would want 4Nov43d6
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by fsckboy on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:55PM (#38167987)
i also have a competing preference to maintain communication with other people
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by em500 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:58AM (#38149457)
As sibling mentioned, ISO already defines a standard notation (2023-W44-7), precisely so that different people don't have to go invent their own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week_date

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