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pm24601 on June 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Falsehoods Programmers believe about Time

My recent favorites wrong assumptions:

1. The year is 2012. In Thailand, the year is 2555. In Malaysia, the year is 1433.

2. But surely that is not used on computers and the web? http://www.railway.co.th/home/Default.asp?lenguage=Eng (look on the right side: "booking can be until : 18/8/2555"

rmc on June 19, 2012 | [–]

In Ethiopia it's about 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar

TazeTSchnitzel on June 19, 2012 | [–]

In North Korea it's 100 IIRC

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