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Omg, please Amazon, switch to UTC for timestamps. It is 3AM in Germany, and I'm tired and I don't want to know what PDT is.

plasma 5y ago
I'm surprised these sites don't show a localised time with UTC next to it, even the popular statuspage.io doesn't do this, blows my mind.
JshWright 5y ago
The other day Zoom posted a status update that listed the time in both CEST, and PST... How did they get daylight saving time right for one and not the other? PST isn't a thing for another few months yet...
- schoen 5y ago
  Maybe a European thought that Americans also use "S" for "Summer" rather than "Standard"?
ksec 5y ago
I am sorry I laughed so hard. Frankfurt in PDT.
- SahAssar 5y ago
  There actually is a frankfort in PDT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort,_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort,_Washington . Don't think amazon has a datacenter there though.
  - sgt 5y ago
    Only two residents!
a012 5y ago
And Google too. It makes me wonder who is their audience when they only use USA timezone while their customers are worldwide.
- p_l 5y ago
  Google is a bit ... more interesting case, at least known. Namely they fucked up early in history by using local timezone, and when it started biting them it proved cheaper and easier to use that as the one global timezone rather than make everything base on UTC. Since then I heard it referenced as Mountain View Time. OTOH, they could add translation on website for it...
  - antoinealb 5y ago
    My "new tab page" in chrome shows me clock for Mountain View, Zurich (local time for me), and a few other relevant ones. Very useful when working accross multiple time zones.
88840-8855 5y ago
Why? Every single time I look on a map, the American continent is in the centre. It only makes sense to use PDT as the only correct timezone. /s
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  I know you're being sarcastic, but funny how "localization" affects our perceived reality, looking it up there are also China-centric maps[1], so most Chinese students probably think all world maps are like that. AFAIK most maps I've seen have the longitude 180 degrees West at the left edge, and 180 degrees East on the right. [1] https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-our-world-map-made-to-look-like-this https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-our-world-map-made-to-look-li...
  - tester34 5y ago
    holy shit I weren't aware of that It's weird af that I've never saw map where America/Asia is in the center
    - redsparrow 5y ago
      It's also rare to see maps where south is at the top, but that's also an arbitrary decision. North isn't "up" any more than south is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation
      - 88840-8855 5y ago
        This is giving me serious headache.
trhway 5y ago
that can be done to look great on a webpage https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/clocks-showing-the-local-hour-on-the-globe-in-melbourne-on-december-picture-id107413225?s=612x612 https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/clocks-showing-the-loca...
simonmales 5y ago
Annoys me too that a lot of tech companies are reporting in local timezones North American timezones. Whilst in hotel quarantine I hacked a webapp together to show timezones around the world. I did it glance at my remote colleagues local time. https://localtime.app/ https://localtime.app/
- a012 5y ago
  I hope you learnt something while doing that, but I present you https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
  - Marazan 5y ago
    I doscvered the joy of world time buddy when working on a team that had members in India, UK, Canada, New York and Australia.
  - simonmales 5y ago
    Looks nice. Perhaps not the most friendly thing on mobile. Reminds me of the meeting planner by timeanddate.com (which I use a lot of)
rad_gruchalski 5y ago
Here's a great website: https://everytimezone.com/ https://everytimezone.com/.

plasma 5y ago

I'm surprised these sites don't show a localised time with UTC next to it, even the popular statuspage.io doesn't do this, blows my mind.

JshWright 5y ago

The other day Zoom posted a status update that listed the time in both CEST, and PST... How did they get daylight saving time right for one and not the other? PST isn't a thing for another few months yet...

schoen 5y ago
Maybe a European thought that Americans also use "S" for "Summer" rather than "Standard"?

ksec 5y ago

I am sorry I laughed so hard. Frankfurt in PDT.

SahAssar 5y ago
There actually is a frankfort in PDT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort,_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort,_Washington . Don't think amazon has a datacenter there though.
- sgt 5y ago
  Only two residents!

a012 5y ago

And Google too. It makes me wonder who is their audience when they only use USA timezone while their customers are worldwide.

p_l 5y ago
Google is a bit ... more interesting case, at least known. Namely they fucked up early in history by using local timezone, and when it started biting them it proved cheaper and easier to use that as the one global timezone rather than make everything base on UTC. Since then I heard it referenced as Mountain View Time. OTOH, they could add translation on website for it...
- antoinealb 5y ago
  My "new tab page" in chrome shows me clock for Mountain View, Zurich (local time for me), and a few other relevant ones. Very useful when working accross multiple time zones.

88840-8855 5y ago

Why? Every single time I look on a map, the American continent is in the centre. It only makes sense to use PDT as the only correct timezone. /s

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
I know you're being sarcastic, but funny how "localization" affects our perceived reality, looking it up there are also China-centric maps[1], so most Chinese students probably think all world maps are like that. AFAIK most maps I've seen have the longitude 180 degrees West at the left edge, and 180 degrees East on the right. [1] https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-our-world-map-made-to-look-like-this https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-our-world-map-made-to-look-li...
- tester34 5y ago
  holy shit I weren't aware of that It's weird af that I've never saw map where America/Asia is in the center
  - redsparrow 5y ago
    It's also rare to see maps where south is at the top, but that's also an arbitrary decision. North isn't "up" any more than south is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation
    - 88840-8855 5y ago
      This is giving me serious headache.

trhway 5y ago

that can be done to look great on a webpage https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/clocks-showing-the-local-hour-on-the-globe-in-melbourne-on-december-picture-id107413225?s=612x612 https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/clocks-showing-the-loca...

simonmales 5y ago

Annoys me too that a lot of tech companies are reporting in local timezones North American timezones. Whilst in hotel quarantine I hacked a webapp together to show timezones around the world. I did it glance at my remote colleagues local time. https://localtime.app/ https://localtime.app/

a012 5y ago
I hope you learnt something while doing that, but I present you https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
- Marazan 5y ago
  I doscvered the joy of world time buddy when working on a team that had members in India, UK, Canada, New York and Australia.
- simonmales 5y ago
  Looks nice. Perhaps not the most friendly thing on mobile. Reminds me of the meeting planner by timeanddate.com (which I use a lot of)

rad_gruchalski 5y ago

Here's a great website: https://everytimezone.com/ https://everytimezone.com/.