Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone

Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by bradley13 on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:02AM (#41993077)

Hard-coded yearly transitions for a particular region, because they just have to have their own, special rules? Transitioning to DST on Sunday at -01:00 (minus one o'clock)? Or at 24:00?

Honestly, the IT world has a certain amount of influence. There comes a time where we could collectively just say "no". No, you are not that special, use any of the already incredibly flexible options that you have.

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by magnio on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:06AM (#41993090)

> There comes a time where we could collectively just say "no"

Well, C23 mandates a byte is 8 bits, and POSIX 2024 disallows newlines in filename, so we do exercise that right times to times.

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by growse on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:51AM (#41993300)

I think you've got who's serving whom the wrong way round.

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