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I don't think I understand. Those are both just time zones, right? So knowing what time it happens elsewhere requires a conversion no matter what time zone you
by chc 6y ago
I don't think I understand. Those are both just time zones, right? So knowing what time it happens elsewhere requires a conversion no matter what time zone you gave originally, doesn't it?
- cristoperb 6y agoI think the idea is that many people know the offset of their timezone from GMT/UTC, so they wouldn't have to look it up, but nobody can be expected to know their offset from any arbitrary other timezone.
- lilyball 6y agoOffsets from GMT/UTC are annoying when you have to deal with DST though, as it can be confusing to remember which offset applies at any given point in time.
- GolDDranks 6y agoThis, of course, applies to any timezone, as the starts and ends of DSTs (if they exist) are different in different countries.
- riffraff 6y agoI think the point is you know how far your timezone is from GMT, but you don't necessarily know what "CT" means.
- toyg 6y agoI think the point is that most people will know the offset of their own timezone from GMT/UTC. If you specify time in another timezone, they now need to know two offsets - theirs AND yours. Chances are they won't know yours and they have to look it up.
- da_big_ghey 6y agoThis is a very "HN bubble" perspective. No, most people do not know their time zone's offset from GMT and go through a timezone converter. When they have to set a timezone, they click a spot on a map or look up, "What timezone is Pittsburgh?" For most, it's faster to search "12:00 GMT to EST" or whatever than it is to remember it and do the arithmetic.
- toyg 6y agoIt might be different elsewhere, but most people in Europe really do know their GMT offset.
- dpritchett 6y agoMost people in the US know their offsets from the other three US time zones as well.
- jdright 6y agoYes, and the point is that this post assumes their audience to be US-only with this. When dealing with a global audience, try to use GMT/UTC reference, a lot of people will appreciate it.
- Daho0n 6y agoRust isn't some US-only gathering. If only one time-zone should be used it logically should be GMT.
- pas 6y agoRust Foundation seems pretty much targeted at HN-bubble-like groups, that do indeed have some familiarity with GMT/UTC.
- viraptor 6y agoAlso CT is lucky to be unique. CST / BST / IST are a bit more of a guesswork for international groups.
- jbarberu 6y agoI think the point is that more people would be able to figure out what the local time is if it was listed as 4pm CT (22:00 GMT/UTC), since more would know what their local time is compared to GMT vs compared to CT.
- ynfnehf 6y agoI find it very funny that four people independently wrote almost the exact same response to your question.