Re:How to save datetimes for future events
by mapgrep on Monday March 23, 2015 @02:59PM
(#9252713)
"It's better to simply store the UTC time of the event, and nothing else."
The whole point of the article is that /you cannot know with certainty the UTC time of a future event/ if you are starting with a wallclock time in a particular location.
In this article, a 10:00 am meeting in Santiago has one UTC value prior to a new law, and a different UTC value after the new law.
If you are saying everyone should "schedule in UTC" like you do, good luck imposing that on the world!
The whole point of the article is that /you cannot know with certainty the UTC time of a future event/ if you are starting with a wallclock time in a particular location.
In this article, a 10:00 am meeting in Santiago has one UTC value prior to a new law, and a different UTC value after the new law.
If you are saying everyone should "schedule in UTC" like you do, good luck imposing that on the world!