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(DIR) Post #AngTfhp4Dug0HYilRQ by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2024-11-04T01:46:04Z
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Find me a developer that likes timezones, and I'll show you a developer that doesn't exist
(DIR) Post #AngTy4vV3xb19LUU6K by MartyFouts@mastodon.online
2024-11-04T01:49:23Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Well, I’m retired; but when I was a developer I took perverse pleasure in the vagaries of time zones and have many anecdotes about TZ relative disasters; especially to do with calendars and schedules.
(DIR) Post #Angnn6ongcwYuoP5s0 by heiglandreas@phpc.social
2024-11-04T05:31:28Z
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@BrodieOnLinux 🙋
(DIR) Post #AngoSPmu407xcYDEy8 by gl3v@mstdn.social
2024-11-04T05:38:57Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I find timezones just a challange. However timezones together with daylight saving time a catastrophe.
(DIR) Post #Anh8xI3ypbnriwCSw4 by dieTasse@floss.social
2024-11-04T09:28:36Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I like timezones....
(DIR) Post #AnhTNGHK5VrQni6PsO by prlzx@hostux.social
2024-11-04T13:17:25Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I remember struggling, particularly around database work.It took me a while to learn that, unless you know why a different approach is needed in a particular case, store as UTC but display as a local date/time should be the go-to method.Closely followed by learning what built-in data types / objects / functions your language and database have for date/time handling.That said I'm sure we still pretend that the Julian→Gregorian transition and other calendars aren't a thing.
(DIR) Post #AnhTl34uojM4oMdpom by prlzx@hostux.social
2024-11-04T13:21:43Z
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@BrodieOnLinux It's also wild that the question "so what day is it" always has 2 (or 3*) different answers on earth depending on what timezone you are in.(*) since timezones are allowed to have offsets > ±12.