I meant both, actually. The problem with MM/DD/YYYY is that outside of the US it... | Hacker News

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		GordonS on May 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Sepa... I meant both, actually. The problem with MM/DD/YYYY is that outside of the US it may be perceived as DD/MM/YYYY.

hollerith on May 28, 2019 [–]

Ah you were using "parse" in the non-technical sense. Thick of me not to have considered that possibility. Thanks for the clarification.

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