{"id":2170,"date":"2010-12-22T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2010-12-22T18:47:32","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:47:32","slug":"use-real-dates-for-petes-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/use-real-dates-for-petes-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"Use real dates for pete&#8217;s sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It flabbergasts me that we went through the whole Y2K crisis, and narrowly avoided severe disruptions in our society thanks the hard work of many, many people, and yet some people seem to have learned nothing from it.<\/p>\n<p>I encountered this date on something today: &#8220;09-12-10&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What the <em>hell<\/em> is that supposed to be? 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