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Re:Show HN: Duckling – Open-source datetime expression parsing by munificent on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @03:14PM (#8396974)
Hell, I don't know what a fortnight is either!
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Re:Show HN: Duckling – Open-source datetime expression parsing by samdb on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @03:20PM (#8397029)
From 'fourteen nights' - two weeks
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Re:Show HN: Duckling – Open-source datetime expression parsing by Arnavion on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @03:47PM (#8397214)
Another reason to know what fortnight means is that it enables you to use the word "fortnightly" instead of "bi-weekly." With the latter I never know if the speaker meant "twice a week" or "every two weeks" without a follow-up question.
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Re:Show HN: Duckling – Open-source datetime expression parsing by francis88 on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @07:32PM (#8398489)
will add it soon. Thanks
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