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I just spent more than zero time debugging input 'mmdy' for a date function. MONTH MONTH DAY YEAR

Not what is actually expected input and is real: ddmy - day (name) day (number) month year.

I just spent more than zero time debugging input 'mmdy' for a date function. MONTH MONTH DAY YEAR Not what is actually expected input and is real: ddmy - day (name) day (number) month year.

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Huh?

Because date -[?|h|help] says so. (below were comments, but # on poal makes them big) D or M or Year can be short(long): Wed(ndesday)/#, Nov(ember), (20)25 Mon. D#, Y # Nov(ember) 19, (20)25 # Default: MDY Da Mon. D# # Wed(nesday), Nov(ember) 19 # DMD D# Mon. Y # 19 Nov(ember) (20)25 # DMY Da Mon. D# Y # Wed(nesday), Nov(ember) 19, (20)25 # DMDY Da D# Mon. Y # Wed(nesday), 19 Nov(ember) (20)25 # DDMY

I still need to write the help documentation with all the changes I've added, but that's simply just test so it's easy. I did it this way because those 5 collapse like 34 (I forge the exact #) different standard date notations. You can set a global long / short, or an individual time unit long / short;

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Plus, I don't think people realize how actually complex text parsing is when you take that text to do something.