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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink32•1 month agoI’m now imagining a child who must write 2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z on all of their tests.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•1 month agoThey should also add a timezone since most of us don’t live at UTC zero timezones -> 2012-12-28T18:12:33+09:00
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•1 month agoThey did; the Z at the end denotes UTC.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 month agoMy point was not everyone is just at UTC zero but sure Z is also a timezone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoMost people communicate mostly with people in the same timezone’s, partially because most countries only have one timezone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 month agoMicrosecond precision is fine for most use cases, but I teach my kids to use nanoseconds.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-230 days agoIt’s a flexible standard. 2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z, 2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792Z, 2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792 , and 2026-05-10 all conform to the standard.
I’m now imagining a child who must write
2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z
on all of their tests.They should also add a timezone since most of us don’t live at UTC zero timezones -> 2012-12-28T18:12:33+09:00
They did; the
Z
at the end denotes UTC.My point was not everyone is just at UTC zero but sure Z is also a timezone.
Most people communicate mostly with people in the same timezone’s, partially because most countries only have one timezone.
Microsecond precision is fine for most use cases, but I teach my kids to use nanoseconds.
It’s a flexible standard.
2026-05-10T10:06:09.426792Z
,2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792Z
,2026-05-10 10:06:09.426792
, and2026-05-10
all conform to the standard.