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

submitted 1 year ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.