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The article suggests: assume that “4pm” means “4pm in whatever time zone we find ourselves in when the appointed day arrives.”
by tromp 10y ago
The article suggests:
assume that “4pm” means “4pm in whatever time zone we find ourselves in when the appointed day arrives.”
- Terr_ 10y agoUnfortunately that's not a safe assumption either: Suppose the user is scheduling a phone call to reach someone who is back home at the location they haven't left yet. Alternately, suppose the user changes their destination to another country in another timezone: Does the phone call get rescheduled to another absolute time?
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- dragonwriter 10y agoWhat if you are travelling across time zones (or, for times that it would matter, experiencing a DST transition—or, for extra fun, doing both) on that day? (Also, the date it also time zone dependent, so...)
- user5994461 10y agoThen you are aware that the time changes and you already have to adjust your watch/pc/alarm clock.