Comment on xkcd #2867: DateTime

• reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  holy shit, yeah it would have. tyvm, I’ll be putting in a PR first thing monday!

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  • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Would you mind trying to explain (ELI5 style) what you did before and why you are excited for this new method for those of us who dont understand code?

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    • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it does in a way that’s been reviewed, vetted and tested by a lot of people the thing that I’m trying to do with code that’s only ever been seen by me and one other guy and has been tested to this best of my ability, which i hope is quite good but one person can easily miss edge cases and weird coincidences.

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      • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So how is the new thing different/better (other than less lines i guess?) If you dont me asking

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      • And009@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Tried and tested, now gotta brush up those searching skills and use llm to get your work done quicker

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    • drislands@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To break it down a bit further, the code that was provided is specifically trying to get 5e last day of a month, which I’ll call Month X since it will vary. The code is doing these things, in this order:

      1. Get the month after Month X
      2. If Month X is 12 (aka December) get Month 1 instead (aka January)
      3. Get the Date that is day 1 of the Month from step 2
      4. Get the Date that is one day before the Date from step 3

      All this to get the last day of the month from Month X. The reason they did it this way is so they didn’t have to say “Is this February? Then get day 28. Is this January/March/etc? then get day 31.” and so on.

      The code that the other user provided will instead get the last day of Month X without having to do all those steps. It’s doing something in the background to get the same data, but the coder doesn’t have to worry about exactly how because they can trust it will work as expected.

      It ultimately boils down to the user carving out a round piece of wood, fitting it on an axle and bolting it on, then to find someone already has cheap wheels for sale that are more stable than what they just made.

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      • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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