Not without breaking compatibility. -rob
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:15 PM Alex Besogonov <alex.besogo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we perhaps get a bit more unambiguous reference date for it? > > On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 1:06:36 PM UTC-7 Rob 'Commander' Pike > wrote: > >> I believe it's unique. I thought of it one day while walking home. It is >> inspired by the way Cobol picture clauses represent number formats. (That >> said, I've never programmed in Cobol.) >> >> -rob >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 4:51 AM Ayan George <ay...@ayan.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm really impressed by the simplicity of Go's time formatting and >>> parsing mechanisms -- particularly when compared with strftim(). >>> >>> Does anyone know the origin or history of it? Is there a precedent for >>> using reference layouts that include string like 2006, January, etc.? >>> >>> Do other languages provide something similar or is this completely >>> unique to Go? >>> >>> Can someone point me to or describe the history of Go's time formatting >>> method? >>> >>> -ayan >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/baa45515-cde6-4c7c-a34c-54ddf7da807en%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/baa45515-cde6-4c7c-a34c-54ddf7da807en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/c8f3bc05-3b30-45ad-9e7a-4c12481494d8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/c8f3bc05-3b30-45ad-9e7a-4c12481494d8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOXNBZT8s3uYCFqFHRN4td%2Bc9GKHN0hQkWNQXFKOZ5zsdYb%2BDQ%40mail.gmail.com.