Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Other little know facts about time:

The first day of the week can be sunday or monday depending on where you are.

The way to count the weeks isn't the same everywhere.

Some advice:

Default to using ISO 8601 whenever possible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Don't ask for more precision then you actually need (Don't ask date & time when you only need year & week)

Don't store dates and times with more precision then was actually entered (e.g. Don't ask for year & week, and then store the (calculated) first day of the week.

On my first large project I made the mistake of asking for the year & week while storing the calculated first day of the week, however using the wrong first day of the week and the wrong numbering of weeks…



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: