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Re:It's Time for a Change: Datetime.utcnow() Is Now Deprecated by d0mine on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:36PM (#38337584)
"brittle" ?

Your suggestion to define places by their timezone name is ok (it may work in many cases).

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Re:It's Time for a Change: Datetime.utcnow() Is Now Deprecated by samus on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:44PM (#38355988)
"Complicated" then. One would have to consult a map to find out the time zone from geographical coordinates. The time zone is really everything needed to properly perform timezone-aware arithmetic.
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