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May I ask what's the rationale for writing 01996 rather than 1996? I've seen this before but I haven't seen an explanation of the advantage of it.
by computator 4y ago
May I ask what's the rationale for writing 01996 rather than 1996? I've seen this before but I haven't seen an explanation of the advantage of it.
- mcculley 4y agoY-10K awareness: https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-and-10k-compliance-at-home/ https://longnow.org/ideas/long-now-years-five-digit-dates-an...
- withinboredom 4y agoHaha, I thought it was some architecture I’ve never heard of.
- bqmjjx0kac 4y agoBut it looks like an octal literal.