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Some times it does not make sense to associate a time component to a date, just because it happens on a day, not at a certain time. For example, in a lot of co
by raphaelj 6y ago
Some times it does not make sense to associate a time component to a date, just because it happens on a day, not at a certain time.
For example, in a lot of countries, Labor Day is on May 1, Christmas on Dec 25. These do not happen at a certain time, and there is no timezone to be associated with these events.
If I'm requesting some user's birthday, I'm going to store it as a date. I don't have a time component. I don't know the time zone. In some cases, dates are just dates ...
- z3t4 6y agoFor those born around new year the hour is important as it will decide what year they are born. It will also be important for birthdays, You don't want to send happy birthday on the wrong day - which can be different depending on what timezone they are in.