Of course. The real advice should be: - store past dates in UTC - store future dates in the format that makes sense, based on what the truth is. Scheduling ev

Of course. The real advice should be: - store past dates in UTC - store future dates in the format that makes sense, based on what the truth is. Scheduling event at 9AM local time? Use local time. Determining when the spacecrafts meet? Use UTC (or Federation Standard Time if you prefer ;) ).