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Re:Show HN: Combining UTC and local times (time zones) in on... by eqvinox on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:59AM (#28929226)
Common practice would be to have I and O excluded from use since they're commonly confused (I/J/1/l and O/Q/0.)

(And as other comments have noted, this breaks down in utility with 15/30min TZ offsets as well as when crossing the date line.)

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Re:Show HN: Combining UTC and local times (time zones) in on... by hhebbo on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:55AM (#28930061)
Great feedback. I'll work on that. Thanks! Do you work across time zones yourself?
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Re:Show HN: Combining UTC and local times (time zones) in on... by eqvinox on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:41PM (#28937754)
Don't most of us, nowadays? :)
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Re:Show HN: Combining UTC and local times (time zones) in on... by hhebbo on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:47AM (#28941556)
yeah :)
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Re:Show HN: Combining UTC and local times (time zones) in on... by hhebbo on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:05PM (#28935664)
Done! I've excluded I and O, and added Y and Z instead. Thanks again!
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