▲ 681 ▼ Implementing RFC 3339 shouldn't really be that hard... (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by carrylex@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments Template Further reading: RFC 3339 / ISO 8601
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Don’t get it. Is this implying GMT has daylight savings? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) GMT doesn't have daylight savings, but most people won't be as precise in language. Here in Germany, we might also tell people "GMT+2", even though it changes to GMT+1 in winter. Like, I don't even know what the correct shorthand would be for our timezone... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] abcd@feddit.org 7 points 2 years ago It’s CET/CEST (MEZ/MESZ in German) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time permalink fedilink source parent [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago That is why lots of time zone selectors allow you to select "Europe/Berlin": then it is clear that depending on the time of year this is UTC+1 or UTC+2. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago CET? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I use TZ identifiers, and confirm the expected behaviour ("Berlin time, correct?"), as then I know how I should handle DST changes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] firelizzard@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago GMT doesn’t have daylight savings but London does permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) GMT doesn't have daylight savings, but most people won't be as precise in language. Here in Germany, we might also tell people "GMT+2", even though it changes to GMT+1 in winter. Like, I don't even know what the correct shorthand would be for our timezone... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] abcd@feddit.org 7 points 2 years ago It’s CET/CEST (MEZ/MESZ in German) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time permalink fedilink source parent [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago That is why lots of time zone selectors allow you to select "Europe/Berlin": then it is clear that depending on the time of year this is UTC+1 or UTC+2. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago CET? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I use TZ identifiers, and confirm the expected behaviour ("Berlin time, correct?"), as then I know how I should handle DST changes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abcd@feddit.org 7 points 2 years ago It’s CET/CEST (MEZ/MESZ in German) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago That is why lots of time zone selectors allow you to select "Europe/Berlin": then it is clear that depending on the time of year this is UTC+1 or UTC+2. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I use TZ identifiers, and confirm the expected behaviour ("Berlin time, correct?"), as then I know how I should handle DST changes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago GMT doesn’t have daylight savings but London does permalink fedilink source parent
