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Which is fine for past events, but doesn't solve the issue of future or repeating events. There are actually three main kinds of time: absolute time, fixed time
by kstenerud 6y ago
Which is fine for past events, but doesn't solve the issue of future or repeating events. There are actually three main kinds of time: absolute time, fixed time, and floating time [1]. Storing everything in UTC only solves for situations involving absolute time.
[1] https://technicalsourcery.net/posts/time-timezones/ https://technicalsourcery.net/posts/time-timezones/
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