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Subject: Re: Parsing ISO date/time strings - where did the parser go?
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:20:44 +0100
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On 09/09/2012 11:15, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <k2h3n2$213$1@dont-email.me>, John Nagle <nagle@animats.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This really should be handled in the standard library, instead of
>> everybody rolling their own, badly.
>
> +1
>

I'll second that given "There should be one-- and preferably only one 
--obvious way to do it".

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.