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tnorthcutt on Dec 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: ISO-8601, YYYY, yyyy, and why your year may be wro...

A little amusing that PHP, everyone’s favorite whipping language, eliminates this particular footgun (it uses ‘o’ for the week-based year).

rachelbythebay on Dec 26, 2018 [–]

I’ve seen it done. Had to patch a few, too.

saagarjha on Dec 26, 2018 | [–]

‘o’ comes first alphabetically, so I can see how this can still be an issue.

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