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> date formatting between it Oh yes. The nightmare of software that reinvent the wheel. Instead of using ISO 8601 [1] they feel the need to do something else.
by BrandoElFollito 5y ago
> date formatting between it
Oh yes. The nightmare of software that reinvent the wheel.
Instead of using ISO 8601 [1] they feel the need to do something else.
I currently suffer with how time was botched in the otherwise great backup program Borg [2]
[1] https://xkcd.com/1179/ https://xkcd.com/1179/ - yes, xkcd has an entry for everything
[2] https://www.borgbackup.org/ https://www.borgbackup.org/
- kiwijamo 5y agoAs a Borg user, could you explain more about the issues with date formatting in Borg?
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoThe timestamps are naive (no timezone) and therefore hardly useable for a non-local installation (backups on/to servers in different locations). See for instance https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/4832 https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/4832