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One of the author's points is that relative dates discard information. 10:37 and 10:36 are both encoded as "9 hours ago," and therefore you can't map back to ab
by mgurlitz 14y ago
One of the author's points is that relative dates discard information. 10:37 and 10:36 are both encoded as "9 hours ago," and therefore you can't map back to absolute dates without potentially losing order.
- icebraining 14y agoThat's a matter of implementation, not a specific property of relative dates, though.