• @ryannathans
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    2229 days ago

    Write everything in UTC, cast to local time zone for UIs

    Life problems solved

    • @[email protected]
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      329 days ago

      That’s essentially what I did in my recent UI that I made for someone.

      • You want to insert date time
      • Select method: UTC, Time Zone, offset from GMT
      • Enter time
      • I convert it to UTC and send to backend
    • @[email protected]
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      229 days ago

      That… still requires knowing which time zone to display. It doesn’t remove the requirement at all.

        • @[email protected]
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          28 days ago

          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.