devilish666@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoDaylight saving creator left the chat....lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWithout time zones it would be worse. Every little town would have their own time, calculated from their position
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAt least then everyone would be thinking about it and using UTC, not writing their programs to rely on the timezone always being the same It’s too easy a problem to ignore/overlook right now
minus-squareelectricprism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoI agree, UTC for global is fine, might as well just do localized time as Sun-up, 1st hour of the day, ,2nd, 3rd… Sunset for locale
Without time zones it would be worse. Every little town would have their own time, calculated from their position
At least then everyone would be thinking about it and using UTC, not writing their programs to rely on the timezone always being the same
It’s too easy a problem to ignore/overlook right now
I agree, UTC for global is fine, might as well just do localized time as
Sun-up, 1st hour of the day, ,2nd, 3rd… Sunset for locale