in reply to Re: Coolest way to decode YYYYMMDD?
in thread Coolest way to decode YYYYMMDD?

The coolest way would be to not decode it at all.

The great benefit of that format is that for 90% of uses -- sorting; comparing; matching; inclusion & exclusion -- you don't have to waste bazillions of cycles constructing O'WoE, heavyweight objects that lie, you just use them as strings and it all works out.

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