carrylex@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 26 days agoImplementing RFC 3339 shouldn't really be that hard...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1692arrow-down1imageImplementing RFC 3339 shouldn't really be that hard...lemmy.worldcarrylex@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 26 days agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·26 days agoUTC is better than most, but leap seconds are still awful. Computers should use GPS or TAI everywhere. Dealing with time zones and leap seconds is for human readability and display purposes only.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·26 days agoThat’s why I only ever use Seconds Since Epoch.
UTC is better than most, but leap seconds are still awful. Computers should use GPS or TAI everywhere. Dealing with time zones and leap seconds is for human readability and display purposes only.
That’s why I only ever use Seconds Since Epoch.