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Re:MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small by rumanator on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:38AM (#22543882)
> Epoch doesn't carry timezone information.

Dates should not be encoded with time zone info anyway, as timezones is context-dependent. Dates should be encoded in UTC and then let clients interpret them according to their context.

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Re:MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small by foepys on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:42AM (#22553846)
What do you do when timezones change? This happens all the time around the world.
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