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Why not store it as a time date in the original timezone then?
by mariusor 1y ago
Why not store it as a time date in the original timezone then?
- FrancoisBosun 1y agoYou still need the timezone name to map back to UTC, in case you want to make some types of computations, usually along the lines of "how long ago was this" and "remaining time until this thing happens". You may argue that we can use local time to make the computations and be done with it, but during DST transitions, local time jumps so the number of actual seconds won't be consistent.