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0 pointsjeltz13y ago0 comments

I would say such calculations are made much easier if time stamps are expressed in ISO format where all parts of the date are in order and numeric.

2012-04-12 10:09 PST

Since it is August 2012 now it is roughly 4 months ago (and one rarely needs more precision than this).

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So "roughly 4 months ago", I'll take this as a +1 for relative dates.

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0 pointsjeltz13y ago0 comments

I would say such calculations are made much easier if time stamps are expressed in ISO format where all parts of the date are in order and numeric.

2012-04-12 10:09 PST

Since it is August 2012 now it is roughly 4 months ago (and one rarely needs more precision than this).

So "roughly 4 months ago", I'll take this as a +1 for relative dates.

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