Troubles with Dating

I never thought I’d admit this to the public, but I have serious troubles with dating.

One wouldn’t think I’d have such huge issues: I’ve studied abroad and experienced other cultures, I’m pretty easy-going and care-free (in most respects), and I adapt with minimal effort to new situations. So why is dating such a problem?

Well, when I’m stuck programming intensively, it’s a HUGE problem! Let me give an example. In C# (Microsoft’s java-esque language), the issue with dating is showing different values in formats that agree for all parties (namely, the .aspx pages viewing them). I have no excuse, but I completely discarded Globalization in how I’m programming this tool. Europeans write their dates with the day in the month first, followed by the month and then the year. I’d completely accepted it while in Italy (see some of my hand-written journals from the time — only to be digitized at a later, undertermined date … hehehe). Coming back, however, I was thrown for a huge loop (well, in programming terms, a huge bug — yikes!) when I confused the format string: {0:dd/MM/yy} with the format string: {0:MM/dd/yy}.

On a better note: this project is definitely one of the coolest I’ve worked on in a while with ready recipients. Oh, and while I’m programming, I’ve also been watching cooking lessons and trying to learn good ways to improve my dating in the future!

And take a minute to reflect in your own way
Take your time and connect in your own way
– Caleb Kane