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That's not a solution, but sounds more like a thedailywtf.com posting. DST has not been any problem on most operating systems for a long time now. And for well

by gst 15y ago

That's not a solution, but sounds more like a thedailywtf.com posting. DST has not been any problem on most operating systems for a long time now. And for well written applications it should not be any issue either.

arohner 15y ago
Having supported python & rails webapps running on postgres, the biggest problem is not the OS, but the DB and programming language. Postgres for example, can't change timezones without rebooting. Python & Ruby/Rails both have poor support for handling timezones properly. The proper solution is to of course run the backend in UTC all the time, and just convert to local time when displaying, but if you already have legacy code...
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