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I'll just be a quick 3h (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How about a date stored as an integer?

Edit: and I'm not taking about a timestamp

[–] PizzaMane@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, we have worse. Dates sometimes stored as strings, sometimes as datetimes, and sometimes as integers. There is no consistency, logic, or forethought to the schema.

It's rough.