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What an important article to read. I've dealt over a decade with timezones, and this short article has shown me something new (EDT is not unique, gets silently
by qwertox 6y ago
What an important article to read. I've dealt over a decade with timezones, and this short article has shown me something new (EDT is not unique, gets silently set to UTC).
I am in the habit of using "Country/City" on everything that is not UTC, so I never encountered this issue. But it's so good to know.
- majewsky 6y agoNitpick: "Continent/City".
- jpitz 6y ago"America" isn't a continent.
- treesprite82 6y agoAmerica can be a continent. Definitions vary so sometimes it's split into "North America"/"South America", or pluralized "Americas". TZ database includes "America/Santiago" and "America/Sao_Paulo" so clearly it means the continent and not just the US.
- jpitz 6y ago"The seven-continent model is usually taught in most English-speaking countries including the United States, United Kingdom[38] and Australia,[39] and also in China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and parts of Western Europe." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent Definitions do indeed vary, but that's how I learned it, and it would even seem to be the model most often taught. Which way were you taught?