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jimfl
on June 19, 2012
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Falsehoods Programmers believe about Time
The day before Saturday is always Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/world/asia/samoa-to-skip-f...
benjaminRRR
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This was hilarious for people who had booked tickets on flights out on the 30th. Do you leave on the 29th or the 31st...? This was a real problem for the airlines and headache for a number of travellers.
Muzza
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Hmm. I've written code which assumes that Monday is two days after Saturday and one day after Sunday.
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