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YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st and 2nd...or 2nd and 3rd?
5 points by tw1sted on April 2, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 14 comments


A side comment; after rechecking after I submitted, the system seemed to chew up plus signs and ampersands. After I submitted and rechecked again, pretty much everything after an ampersand sign was erased, including the sign. I don't know if this is an issue.


See:

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6777


Oops. Teach me to post before reading all the threads.... I thought the deadline was last night, not tonight.


2nd and 3rd


darn, I just rushed to have my application done by tonight. Oh well!


"Groups that submit early have a slight advantage because we have more time to read their applications."

http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html


I'm a big fan of the "11:59PM" deadlines, cause then there's no ambiguity.


There is an issue if you paste from word ....


I'll say.


Never mind, got it. sheesh that was something. My advice for the last minute submitters. Copy and paste to notepad and save without formatting, then CTRL C, CTRL V to the form.


What is the word issue? and what is the solution?


Smart Quotes. And it's an issue in pretty much any web form... Go to Tools... | Autoformat | Autoformat As You Type, and turn off "replace straight quotes with smart quotes".

Then do a global search and replace... " and '.


Microsoft! LOL


was an official application account released? not worried, just curious




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