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I really dislike the tone these sort of things tend to take, which is “here’s some stuff you think but you’re wrong about.” The reason people get stuff like thi

I really dislike the tone these sort of things tend to take, which is “here’s some stuff you think but you’re wrong about.” The reason people get stuff like this wrong (and names, and addresses, and and and) is because it’s really hard to get right. And it’s added difficulty on top of writing code which is already pretty challenging.

Semiapies 8y ago
Especially when it's all stuff that's already been covered in very similar essays. Actually introducing good libraries and methods for handling these issues properly would be much more useful than a smug collection of fallacies and a tacked-on link to ICU at the end.
- kenferry 8y ago
  I don’t understand this objection.. the method to handle these issues is to use ICU / NSCalendar.
  - repolfx 8y ago
    Or a runtime equivalent, e.g. the java.time package gets this stuff right.
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Tempest1981 8y ago
The main point is “don’t be naive, since it’s more complicated than you think.” Knowing it’s complex, the next step is to get help, not hack up your own solution. I liked the tone... sort of a “can you believe this?!”