Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife

Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by Terretta on Thursday May 28, 2026 @07:43AM (#48307552)

// backronym bttf stands for biff time to format

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by burntsushi on Thursday May 28, 2026 @08:03AM (#48307742)

I like this

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by christoff12 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:55AM (#48309010)

also: back to the future

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by nicce on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:16AM (#48310164)

Intersting to notice that the name has been changed now when reading the post 12h late :-D

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by bbkane on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:13AM (#48310111)

Burntsushi to the future

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by hnlmorg on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:12PM (#48311020)

This is the fastest rebranding after a Show HN I think I’ve seen haha

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by burntsushi on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:17AM (#48310191)

You win the naming contest. The project has been renamed: https://github.com/BurntSushi/bttf/pull/14

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by burntsushi on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:19AM (#48310220)

@dang - Could you update the post title please to say "bttf" instead of "Biff"? Thank you!

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Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife by sphars on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:45PM (#48311563)

I don't think @ tags have any effect on HN, you'll want to email the mods directly: [email protected]

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