Gork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down15
arrow-up1119arrow-down1imageOr we could do metric timefiles.catbox.moeGork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoWrite everything in UTC, cast to local time zone for UIs Life problems solved
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat… still requires knowing which time zone to display. It doesn’t remove the requirement at all.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoand who implements localtime? You realize these functions call down to the system, and the system is very much ALSO written and maintained by coders… The point is SOMEONE actually does have to implement it and maintain it.
Write everything in UTC, cast to local time zone for UIs
Life problems solved
That… still requires knowing which time zone to display. It doesn’t remove the requirement at all.
.localtime(utctime)
and who implements localtime? You realize these functions call down to the system, and the system is very much ALSO written and maintained by coders…
The point is SOMEONE actually does have to implement it and maintain it.