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Standards shouldn't be behind a paywall(lemmy.world)

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  • ISO 8601 is paywalled
  • RFC allows a space instead of a T (e.g. 2020-12-09 16:09:…) which is nicer to read.
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PricklyHeart@lemmy.world
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We need a better one…

Ymd-ymd-yhms-yhms

Much clearer and easier for programmers.

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lseif@sopuli.xyz
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Too confusing. How about ymh-yMy_myM-h

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PricklyHeart@lemmy.world
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Maybe we could use different letters. Something only ISO knows and jeeps in their spec.

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Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world
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Right now, it’s 210-024-200-379

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MellowSnow@lemmy.world
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Am programmer. Idk wtf that is. But if it converts easily to a datetime object, or if I can easily parse the parts out of it, I’m all for it. Idgaf if it’s easy to read as-is. Just make it efficient and make it sort predictably, and I’m all for it lol.

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verstra@programming.dev
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Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1179/

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EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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Counterargument: https://xkcd.com/927/

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verstra@programming.dev
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Well, they cover very different formats: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdzPYu-UAAADHEq.jpg

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qaz@lemmy.worldOP
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TIL, didn’t know that

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kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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Its funny because everything about ISO 8601 is covered on its Wikipedia article. Very few people need to spend the francs to need the spec.

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K4mpfie@feddit.de
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If you want to be compliant for a standard you need to have a copy of it. Luckily it’s only companies that really need to buy them

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SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world
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Which means the companies using the specs pay the company making the specs for everyone (companies and people) to use.

That sounds fair, but I wouldn’t be surprised if capitalism fucked it up anyhow.

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Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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You HAVE to read the spec if you want to be compliant, you can’t just hope every detail is on wikipedia

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Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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Also, even if you fully respect the specs, I assume you can’t get certified as “compliant” by ISO if you didn’t pay for the specs ?

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CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
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“HAVE” to like Germans HAVE to have their driving license to drive?

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EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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I don’t get this one.

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pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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https://programming.dev/c/programmer_humor is leaking.

They’re both standard for the format of dates and times, like 2023-12-13 15:52:21. I guess one of them isn’t free, though? TIL.

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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !programmer_humor@programming.dev

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