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Re: [PLUG] userID format (was Suggested reading)
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On Saturday 05 April 2008 3:38:09 pm JP Vossen wrote:
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> I have a similar pet-peeve for dates. Dates should be in ISO-8601
> format: CCYY-MM-DD_THH:MM:SS_TZ or similar. This avoids the US MM/DD
> vs. EU DD/MM confusion, and more importantly, CCYY-MM-DD *sorts*
> correctly. Try sorting dates like 040507, 04-05-07 or even worse
> 4-5-07. GAAAAAA!!! `date '+%Y%m%d'` is your friend!
>
I agree on this one. I also always save multiple copies of my "working files"
(spreadsheets and the like) with and suffix of the current date.
--
Casey Bralla
Chief Nerd in Residence
The NerdWorld Organisation
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