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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago (13 children)

This pyramid visualisation doesn't work for me, unless you read time starting with seconds.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I get it, just pyramids are misleading, also year-month-day is better because resulting number always grows. 😺

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A bit out of context, but is your username and instance a reference to nescafe?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not really but now that you mentioned it, it will! 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

That's an interesting coincidence

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

2025-01-26T11:40:20, you mean?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hold on there pal that time zone is ambiguous. Did you mean 11:40:20 UTC? If so, don’t forget your Z!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I mean 11:40:20 in what NodaTime would call a "LocalDateTime". i.e., irrespective of the time zone.

(And incidentally, if you're working in C# I strongly recommend the NodaTime library. And even if you're not, I strongly recommend watching the lectures about dates and times by the NodaTime developer, who demonstrates a way of thinking about dates and times that is so much more thoughtful than what most standard libraries allow for without very careful attention paid by the programmer.)

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