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Re:Date parsing performance on iOS (NSDateformatter vs sqlite) by andrewaylett on Saturday September 07, 2013 @09:04AM (#6344965)
My experience suggests that's not always the case :(.
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Re:Date parsing performance on iOS (NSDateformatter vs sqlite) by VexXtreme on Saturday September 07, 2013 @09:15AM (#6344985)
This is a standard as well as a convention. People breaking it are idiots. Most software out there assumes UTC time when dealing with Unix timestamps. Most Java date libraries handle this perfectly and get the correct timezone.
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