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qwertox
on July 25, 2025
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Never write your own date parsing library
This past 22nd of July was the shortest recorded day [0]. How would your library handle this?
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https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/earth-will-spin-faster...
gmueckl
on July 25, 2025
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Answer: not at all, unless I had to deal with astronomical time to compute locations of celestial bodies with high precision.
cortesoft
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No libraries handle this, though
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[0] https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/earth-will-spin-faster...