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BFay
on June 16, 2022
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Asking for a date of birth (2013)
I also enter an absurdly old date, and usually I'll try setting an impossible day/month combo like February 31st... sometimes it actually works!
thescriptkiddie
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I always go for January 1st, 1970. It is (nearly) always accepted on the form because it is a perfectly valid date to be born, but I like to imagine that some analyst is pulling their hair out thinking they have a null coalescing bug.
function_seven
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My favorite irritating date is "1969-12-31" because now I know I have 2 problems: the coalescing bug and a timezone issue. :)
Tepix
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1970-01-01 is the way to go! The more, the merrier...
evanb
on June 17, 2022
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In Sweden in 1712 there was a February 30th. But never a 31st.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-standard_dates
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