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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

what an optimistic date for our demise.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

1441 is most likely the time stamp sorry guys...

(Not sure if Canada follows US or internal date format)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Canadian here. We're not sure either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Slashes mean whatever american abomination

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cry

You cut me deep, real deep.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wrote a program to figure out what day of the week this landed on (assuming it is in fact October 2nd, 151441).

It's a Saturday.

Real downer on the start of the weekend.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep, my immediate thought was, how the hell would you know it works?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bro probably to account for leap Thursday's. We have one every ~28k years to keep in alignment with the true solar week.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Took me longer than it should have to realise this was a joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That program better be using an existing date library, because otherwise it's most definitely wrong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

public string GetDayOfWeek(DateTime date) => "saturday";

I also calculated it, his result checks out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Don't be ridiculous, that would never pass QA.

But this one will. Joy for years to come:

public string GetDayOfWeek(DateTime date) {
    return ((date - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1)).Milliseconds / 86400000) % 7 switch {
        0 => "Thursday",
        1 => "Friday",
        2 => "Saturday",
        3 => "Sunday",
        4 => "Monday"
    };
}
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Best by ≠ Expiration date

It's the truth, and I'm tired pretending it's not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's just not in its best condition.
Another 720000 years before expiry.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I never knew of the existence of this story. Truly astounding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wilddddd. That was just crazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it! Personally, I never expected such a thing from a sports reporting site.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But is it October 2, or February 10?!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's February 15th, 2010 at 14:41.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

TBF tho it doesn’t really matter because either way it won’t go out of date in 14000 years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

All is possible with the power of maple

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is only what the Canadians release to the outside world. They have a strategic maple syrup reserve.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

strategic maple syrup reserve

I love that this is a real thing 😄

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Goddamned Canadian maple syrup cartel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Actually, I think they identify more as a Maple Mafia..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is still hope, it's Best by, not Use by

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So many people interpret "best before" as "poisonous as hell after". Look at it, smell it, taste (a little bit of) it. If it passes all three, still perfect to eat.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Until its not

Be mindful of perishables left out of the fridge for a long time. Most of the time it is fine but in some cases it can cause illness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well, I store my food as recommended and treat the best before as written above. If stored in suboptimal conditions for extended time, most bets regarding the best before are off anyways.