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Why 2020 Started On December 30th

2019-12-30

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Weird calendar edge-cases and computer bugs. It's an old-school video. • The Fasthosts Techie Test competition is now closed! Learn more about Fasthosts here: https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/tomscott

FURTHER READING:

The ISO 8601 Standards for date and time: https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html

The tweet referenced in the video: https://twitter.com/_ninji/status/549365454322802688

The Guardian article mentioned: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/29/twitter-2015-date-bug

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