How to save datetimes for future events

Re:How to save datetimes for future events by barrkel on Monday March 23, 2015 @03:36PM (#9252905)

All too often, [Location] is something like a conference call, and is in fact in multiple different countries with different time zones and different rules. Deciding which location is the "primary" location should zone rules change is a social problem; whomever the other parties do not want to inconvenience the most wins.

[Location] -> [Time Zone] isn't quite right either; you need a [Location, Date-Range] -> [Time Zone] table.

For sure, UTC is a beguiling trap for a programmer-oriented view of the world.

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Re:How to save datetimes for future events by protomyth on Monday March 23, 2015 @04:12PM (#9253093)

Someone scheduled the conference call an that person would determine the location (or I will log in at X local time on Y date which should be attached to the event noticed and then figured out by my calendar).

Well, to get from [Location] -> [Time Zone] is a group of rules including the date.

UTC is nice for a lot of calculations, but it really isn't in a user's perspective.

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