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Yes the basic problem here is that people for some reason think that a time zone is a property of a time when in fact a time zone is a property of a place. It’s
by jameshart 3y ago
Yes the basic problem here is that people for some reason think that a time zone is a property of a time when in fact a time zone is a property of a place. It’s actually a mutable property of a place, to make things more complex.
- lmm 3y agoPlaces do not necessarily have a single agreed timezone - see Xinjiang (or indeed Crimea).
- jameshart 3y agoWell that’s more a case of there being more than one authority who claims to be the source of truth for answering the question ‘what is the time zone offset in that location at this point in time’… International disputes make it difficult to answer a lot of questions about specific locations without making choices about which authorities you’re willing to respect.