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OffsetDateTime would be useful for a lot of historical records. For example, if I'm chronicling a WW2 battle in the Pacific, I need to know what the local times
by jcranmer 3y ago
OffsetDateTime would be useful for a lot of historical records. For example, if I'm chronicling a WW2 battle in the Pacific, I need to know what the local times of the events were, but I don't necessarily care about knowing the DST rules.
Additionally, most date/time serialization formats (e.g., RFC 822, ISO 3601) only allow you to specify up to OffsetDateTime and don't provide a full timezone reference like US/Eastern.