Anton18h ago
Dear #lazyweb,
I'm finding myself in a discussion that a partner expects their system to run in local timezone (Europe/Berlin), while we sysadmins have configured the whole fleet as UTC (as one should do).
I remember an article that explains why, for SQL servers, #UTCorGTFO. The latter has obviously a wide audience ( https://wiert.me/2022/11/08/utc-and-iso-8601-or-gtfo/, https://www.netmeister.org/blog/ops-lessons.html), but I fail to find any structured reasoning why UTC is the best choice.

Can you help me out?


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UTC and ISO 8601, or GTFO

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Florian HaasNov 12, 2023

This #Garmin watch face is perfectly simple with an exquisite twist: it shows you an analog clock for your local time, plus a digital UTC timestamp.

#UTCorGTFO

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/9b100082-8156-4df3-b884-533c81e127f7

ASAP

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Josh Brunty πŸ–₯οΈπŸ“²Jan 1, 2023
Happy New Year to all my peeps around the world who recognize that the TRUE new year was brought in over 4 hours ago in UTC. You all are the true heroes. #HappyNewYear #UTC #DFIR #UTCorGTFO