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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by tshaddox on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @02:14PM (#41998437)
> How do you handle the date changing in the middle of the day?

It seems like you would have to do absolutely nothing? Just like you do absolutely nothing to "handle" the hour changing throughout the day. People work overnight shifts. People schedule important events close to and on either side of midnight.

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by sethammons on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @02:32PM (#41998617)
"did it happen wednesday the 23rd or wednesday the 24th?"
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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by tshaddox on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @04:12PM (#41999683)
I wouldn't expect that confusion to be common. It's already common to say things like "I got terrible sleep on Wednesday night" even though some or all of the bad sleep might have happened after midnight and thus technically on Thursday.
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