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I've never known anyone who wasn't a programmer who even knew the difference between say, PST and PDT. Like, if they didn't schedule it through a computer with
by NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
I've never known anyone who wasn't a programmer who even knew the difference between say, PST and PDT. Like, if they didn't schedule it through a computer with up to date timezone code, I would confirm verbally.
- shepherdjerred 5y agoOh my God this explains so much of my confusion with timestamps. I didn't even know there was a difference.
- mkr-hn 5y agoFalsehoods Programmers Believe About Time Someone with experience dealing with this needs to write it.
- alanbernstein 5y agoNeeds to write what? https://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time https://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-program... ?
- Izkata 5y agoI've gotten into the habit of naming the location like "4pm Chicago time". It's a lot less confusing in general because most people here aren't very solid on what the time zones are on the other side of the Atlantic (going both ways), even disregarding any DST-type changes.
- was_a_dev 5y agoWould it be any easier to say UTC-8? In Europe it is more common, but I suppose that is because centralising around UTC is much easier when you're -1/+4