Re: [RFC] Remove the date.timezone warning
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:17:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Remove the date.timezone warning | ||
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:
> While I can understand the reason behind opposition, but current web
> is not bounded to local country. Most applications today logs time
> using UTC and time stamp is converted whatever local time as needed,
> isn't it? Of course, it depends on application though. Having UTC as
> the default makes sense to me.
But not to me. Here in the UK, it would be right during winter, but then
suddenly in summer my time would be wrong! It would be quite a WTF
factor, and it's best fixed by having people actively make a choice on
which timezone they want to use.
> Besides time management best practice, users have learned enough,
> haven't them?
You'd be surprised how many people get timezones and time management
wrong. I've given several talks about this and any time many attendees
are surprised by the complexity.
cheers,
Derick
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