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Re:Never write your own date parsing library by GoblinSlayer on Saturday July 26, 2025 @10:11AM (#44694222)
Reporting of cybersecurity incidents are easily late by a month or more, time zones are well below the rounding error. You will be more accurate to display it as YYYY±6month.
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Re:Never write your own date parsing library by cookiengineer on Sunday July 27, 2025 @12:08AM (#44698856)
You seem to be not aware that there are a lot of legal obligations which come with providing this kind of inaccurate data. Especially if things go wrong because of it.
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