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> A timestamp is a point in time, whatever the time is in Paris or Tokyo. It is an abstract value and it is way better this way. > Timezone is extra styling in
by filleduchaos 7y ago
> A timestamp is a point in time, whatever the time is in Paris or Tokyo. It is an abstract value and it is way better this way.
> Timezone is extra styling information, just like CSS.
This is an incredibly reductive view of time data and the possible applications that use it.
Not all time data is timestamps, and UTC timestamps strip out information that is not "styling".