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Re:Never write your own date parsing library by qwertox on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:04PM (#44688452)
This past 22nd of July was the shortest recorded day [0]. How would your library handle this?

[0] https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/earth-will-spin-faster...

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Re:Never write your own date parsing library by gmueckl on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:40PM (#44688820)
Answer: not at all, unless I had to deal with astronomical time to compute locations of celestial bodies with high precision.
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Re:Never write your own date parsing library by cortesoft on Friday July 25, 2025 @11:02PM (#44690965)
No libraries handle this, though
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