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Old 08-13-2015, 03:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
This depends on what you see as significant, though. To me, and I think to most people, the month is most significant. It gives you a good idea of what the weather is going to be like, whether it's time to plant or harvest (or get out ski or beach gear :-)). Day is next most significant, as it tells you how far you are into any given month. Year, though? For most purposes, the year just doesn't matter, as one is pretty much like another.
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As for sorting, 1) How often do you need to sort dates? 2) Anyone who can't easily do an mm/dd/yy sort really should find another line of work :-)
Sorting is nontrivial to programmers:
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Sorting algorithms are prevalent in introductory computer science classes, where the abundance of algorithms for the problem provides a gentle introduction to a variety of core algorithm concepts, such as big O notation, divide and conquer algorithms, data structures such as heaps and binary trees, randomized algorithms, best, worst and average case analysis, time-space tradeoffs, and upper and lower bounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithm

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Date and time (current at page generation)
expressed according to ISO 8601:
Date: 2015-08-07
Combined date and time in UTC: 2015-08-07T18:30:27+00:00
2015-08-07T18:30:27Z
Week: 2015-W32
Date with week number: 2015-W32-5
Ordinal date: 2015-219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
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