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Iso8601 Memes

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New Modeling Req Dropped

Databases Programming Backend Webdev

7 months ago 338.0K views 0 shares

New Modeling Req Dropped

Ah, the evolution of data modeling requirements! Rejecting mere "birth date" like it's some primitive Stone Age concept. But ISO-8601 timestamp with timezone? *Chef's kiss* That's the good stuff. Nothing says "I'm a serious developer" like demanding millisecond precision for when someone was born, because God forbid we don't know if little Timmy entered the world at GMT+5:30 or UTC. Next sprint we'll be asking for the exact coordinates of the delivery room and the barometric pressure at birth.

Date Time Nemesis

Programming Databases Backend Frontend

1 year ago 318.4K views 0 shares

Date Time Nemesis

The silent scream of every developer who's dealt with international date formats. ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) is the logical standard that brings order to chaos. Meanwhile, the USA stubbornly clings to MM/DD/YYYY like it's clinging to the imperial measurement system. The dog doesn't bite, but watching Americans format dates MM/DD/YYYY will absolutely cause psychic damage to any developer trying to sort dates alphabetically. The pain is real.