Post AVdgEcbAzMOwQYnCKW by finite@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVdZxi7iavuQulZCpU by lamp@berserker.town
       2023-05-14T06:34:34Z
       
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       how is the tracking in the future
       
 (DIR) Post #AVda8Vyg5omQQkURl2 by finite@mastodon.social
       2023-05-14T06:36:32Z
       
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       @lamp It's probably in a different timezone. Perhaps local time at the location of the scan or whatever the default timezone for the site's server is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVdb9y4jDD8LojZpMe by lamp@berserker.town
       2023-05-14T06:48:00Z
       
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       @finite that's dumb because A. the arrival location is in my time zone, B. localization bruh, it should be formatted in frontend from UTC time, and C. how do i even know for sure what time zone, it does not tell
       
 (DIR) Post #AVdgEcbAzMOwQYnCKW by finite@mastodon.social
       2023-05-14T07:44:51Z
       
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       @lamp Do you think shipping carriers care about any of that stuff? The tracking system primarily exists to help them find packages that get lost in warehouses. Them giving you access to that information online is just a courtesy to help you sleep at night and give you some rough idea of what day it'll arrive.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVdiCiIT21OhQgG99E by lamp@berserker.town
       2023-05-14T08:06:57Z
       
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       @finite They should care, accurate concise communication is important. Imagine ordering something from Japan, the tracking info could be a whole day off and you might not even have any way of knowing. Any computerized system should use universal timestamps, especially something like this involving multiple time zones. Or at least specify the time zone so there's no chance of ambiguity. Maybe it's just eBay's display, but it's a result of humans overlooking things as usual, none the less.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVdiJmebENLwy9z0SG by finite@mastodon.social
       2023-05-14T08:08:13Z
       
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       @lamp Okay, but have you considered that programming a computer to deal with time properly is hard and these corporations are completely incompetent? UPS uses software designed for Windows 3.1 to scan packages for the tracking system.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVehlvR0GwcDVxRFZI by lamp@berserker.town
       2023-05-14T19:36:48Z
       
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       Man wtf this tracking 💀
       
 (DIR) Post #AVpzXdFFm2vtSBSDse by kkarhan@mstdn.social
       2023-05-20T06:17:42Z
       
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       @lamp wrong #Timezone / "#DaylightSavingsTime" / misconfigured #NTP Server / Client?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVq1T8KOyqLiJfqS24 by lamp@berserker.town
       2023-05-20T06:39:20Z
       
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       @kkarhan nothing on my end