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by hkolk 1543 days ago
`m` is not a legal value, should be either `min` or `mo` for minutes or months respectively.

`s` is actually one of the SI base units: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units#...

edit: actually, month should never be used for the case described anyway... 28-31 days?

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If the syntax isn’t obvious without looking at the manual, you might as well use an actual standardized syntax. For months (without context, and where you need an absolute interval), I just interpret it as 4 weeks.
I just interpret it as 4 weeks

Funny, I would interpret a month as 30 days (since the lunar cycle is slightly over 29.5 days).

If the syntax isn't obvious, you should use however much verbosity it takes to make it obvious, because people will still ignore the standard and make mistakes.