UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?

2018-07-18 programming, time, timezone, UTC, time-keeping, calendars

Programming time, dates, timezones, recurring events, leap seconds… everything is pretty terrible. The common refrain in the industry is Just use UTC! Just use UTC! And that’s correct… sort of. But if you’re stuck building software that deals with time, there’s so much more to consider.

via https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right