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callahad on Sept 2, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

I've taken to writing %d %b %Y when possible. It's unambiguous and provides sane ordering. And somehow I find it easier to map from %b to an ordinal than vice versa.

pbhj on Sept 3, 2009 [–]

Thats: %d - 2 digit day number by month; %b - 3 letter month name; %Y - 4 digit year CE; for those who don't recall so well.

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