Happy Programmer's Day!

[mdlbear]

if(date == "09/13/2007") Engadget.Write("Happy Programmer's Day");

Programmer's Day is celebrated annually on the 256th day of the year, which happens to be today -- so reach over and give that special computer scientist in your life a big bear hug, flowers, chocolates, or a simple "thanks" for making Engadget (and pretty much everything else we care about) possible.

Let me just point out in the interest of accuracy that Engadget's title is only accurate in non-leap-years.

Comments

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. Engadget's title specifies the year, and is thus always correct, though only useful this year. Were it "if (date =~ #09/13/\d{4}#)" (or equivalent in your language of choice), your correction would be appropriate.

[mdlbear]

Touché.

[patoadam]

Thanks, same to you!