1. push the effort onto the computer 2. complexity increases 3. more bugs Given the number of bugs dealing with human-friendly date so far, it's not ha

1. push the effort onto the computer 2. complexity increases 3. more bugs Given the number of bugs dealing with human-friendly date so far, it's not hard to predict which way djb prefers. Besides, it's just a logfile, not a calendar. The need for human-friendly date is probably overrated in this case.