Einar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaregolden_zealot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNeat but holy good fucking god the amount of programming it would take if it was ever decided to change this going forward, not to mention how historical times would be referenced. Datetime programming is already such a nightmare.
minus-squarecheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months ago I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 metric switch.
Neat but holy good fucking god the amount of programming it would take if it was ever decided to change this going forward, not to mention how historical times would be referenced. Datetime programming is already such a nightmare.