Re:Timezone Bullshit
by pjungwir on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:49PM
(#26093172)
I agree with this, mostly.
Besides the "meeting time" exception others have mentioned, you should be aware of timezones when grouping records into days/weeks/months/years/etc. The timezone affects where you "cut" the continuum into groups. Does Joe's sale count toward his January quota or February? This has all kinds of interesting questions: do you use the user's time zone? The local office timezone? The HQ timezone? UTC for everything? What if the user moves? Stack Overflow's "fanatic" badge just uses UTC: https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/83/fanatic
Besides the "meeting time" exception others have mentioned, you should be aware of timezones when grouping records into days/weeks/months/years/etc. The timezone affects where you "cut" the continuum into groups. Does Joe's sale count toward his January quota or February? This has all kinds of interesting questions: do you use the user's time zone? The local office timezone? The HQ timezone? UTC for everything? What if the user moves? Stack Overflow's "fanatic" badge just uses UTC: https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/83/fanatic