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If you stored it as your local time, it would be wrong. If you stored it as Chile's local time, it would be correct. The trick is to simply record the appropria
by mark-r 12y ago
If you stored it as your local time, it would be wrong. If you stored it as Chile's local time, it would be correct. The trick is to simply record the appropriate time zone along with the timestamp.
- kbenson 12y agoAbsolutely correct. I was thinking that, even if we words said something else. :/ I've updated the last paragraph to reflect that.
- kevin_thibedeau 12y agoThere is still the problem of handling the effects of DST on repeating events. You have to know the base UTC offset and any additional seasonal offset for the local zone. Then it becomes an issue if you travel to a different locality that doesn't observe DST.