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		theorique on Aug 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why you should not be displaying relative dates. Just over two years ago. (730+ days) If I needed an exact date, I would do something like the following (python) >>> import datetime >>> datetime.date.today()-datetime.timedelta(864) datetime.date(2010, 4, 13)

dnr on Aug 24, 2012 | [–]

Easier in shell:

  $ date -d '864 days ago'
  Tue Apr 13 13:46:16 EDT 2010

jarek on Aug 24, 2012 | [–]

Well, see, I would just print the date that's there in the database in the first place. How is "864 days ago" useful information? Doesn't everyone at least convert it to the number of years it stands for?

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