#dev 2026-02-10

2026-02-10 UTC
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[tantek] thank you valerieflynn!
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aspizu re: dates in blogs
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aspizu how should I store dates in my blogs
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IWDiscord <a​spizu>
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[tantek] I believe I have seen two approaches, either integer seconds since epoch start (or finer grained if you post semi-automated or passive posts that could collide on a 1s boundary), or ISO 8601 dates (and times).
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aspizu a standaard format would be ideal
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aspizu [edit] a standard format would be ideal
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aspizu im trying to get the modifcation date from git itself
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aspizu ```
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aspizu ~/work/aspiz.uk (main)> git log -1 --format=%cd package.json
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aspizu Sun Feb 8 20:29:31 2026 +0530```
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aspizu this is non-standard i think
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[tantek] indeed.
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[tantek] what is ISO date
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Loqi ISO8601 is an international standard for dates and times roughly in the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, or with timezone offset, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +0000 https://indieweb.org/ISO_Date
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MD87 Try `git log -1 --date=iso --format=%cd`
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aspizu nice thanks
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aspizu its not exactly ISO
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aspizu no T seprator
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[tantek] T separator is not required for ISO8601
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[tantek] you can have a space between date and time
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[tantek] bunch of us recommend that for better (human / developer) readability
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[tantek] aspizu, I use ISO 8601 ordinal dates and HH:MM times myself because in practice I don't find myself creating more than one post a minute
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[tantek] if necessary, my system will read / allow for HH:MM:SS so I can use that as needed
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aspizu ```js
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aspizu const modificationDate = parseISO(
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aspizu await $`git log -1 --date=iso --format=%cd -- ${blog.filePath} || date -Iseconds -r ${blog.filePath}`.text(),
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aspizu )```
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aspizu okaay, now about the display format
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aspizu `Last updated February 10, 2026`
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aspizu or time ago
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[tantek] what is time since
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[tantek] hmm
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[tantek] what is since
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[tantek] what is relative time
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Loqi relative dates are a way of converting absolute date-times like year, month, day, and time into a more human friendly expression of time elapsed like "10 minutes ago" or "4 days ago" https://indieweb.org/relative_time
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[tantek] there we go
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[KevinMarks] I had a fun one of those in the pub where the server time didn't match local time so my checkin was in the future
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[KevinMarks] https://chat-uploads.indieweb.org/files/2026/02/dev-20260210-005751-pxl_20250222_170016681_2.jpg
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[tantek] hah! add it to the wiki page! 😂
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[social]2 I showed up in Frankfurt about a month early for my return flight (their system had a calendaring problem when I booked the flight). I was returning on the 11th, but of which month. They put me on a flight the next day and put me up for the night and had a car service available.
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[social]2 I read Kevin’s note as I finished an exploration in pre-cording events. The timing was perfect.
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aspizu I can't implement optional or auto-correcting slugs on a static-site
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aspizu https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/141301/is-there-a-term-for-url-autocorrect-redirection
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[tantek] presumably you can create meta refresh redirects for any errant slugs to the correct slug
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to2ds Errant slugs can be a big problem in web gardens :D
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ulhar4409 you *might* be able to do that with an .htaccess if your host uses Apache
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ulhar4409 e.g. mine does, but i know Neocities doesn't
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[tantek] lol to2ds++
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capjamesg to2ds++ 😄
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aspizu what posts should i show in more posts section (below blog)
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aspizu we should start doing svg 88x31 buttons
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aspizu [edit] we should start doing vector 88x31 buttons
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Loqi I agree
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aspizu wanna draft a spec?
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[tantek] anything more than specifing the `type` attribute on the `link`? https://indieweb.org/88x31#How_to_markup_discovery
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[tantek] specifying*
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[lazcorp] Decluttered my blog post template a bit more by adding another non-JS popup (using the global popover attribute) to tidy away details of the "Subscribe by RSS, Email, or ActivityPub"
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[lazcorp] https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/link-dump-january-2026
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gRegor Nice! Looks good!
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gRegor The red link text is a bit hard to read on a dark background
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capjamesg [lazcorp]++ this is great!
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capjamesg I agree about the link text. It's quite hard for me to read too.
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[lazcorp] Argh, I forgot about dark mode...
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[lazcorp] [gRegorLove] / [capjamesg] - the link text (in dark mode) should be lighter now - it might need a hard refresh
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gRegor much better!
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