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There are TZ rules that do all sorts of wild things.

• noir_lord 1y ago
  Leading to my favourite web comic of all time. https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/going-global/ https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/going-global/ Monkey User is always entertaining.
• wat10000 1y ago
  Brazil not only had DST at midnight, but until 2008 they also had no standard rule for when DST would begin and end, setting the dates by decree often just a few weeks in advance.
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  • 1-more 1y ago
    Kind of funny that it went from a Ramadan model to an Easter-post-computus model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan#Beginning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan#Beginning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_of_Easter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_of_Easter
• baq 1y ago
  Is there any other person other than Arthur David Olson who needed an RFC written to cover their retirement? https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6557.html https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6557.html
  • rmccue 1y ago
    Jon Postel, the original RFC Editor and IANA: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2468 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2468
• spogbiper 1y ago
  https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-interesting.html https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-interesting.html I wonder how on earth do you deal with a 30 or 45 minute offset in real life