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by dotancohen 222 days ago
No matter what placeholder text you put, you can not trust that 3-9-1980 is the same date for your user as it is for you.
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Muromec 222 days ago
Which is why locale settings exist and are important to get right before asking for user input
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stefs 221 days ago
it's obviously the 3rd of september 1980, but without the 0-padding it looks icky.
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