alina ðŸŒ¸Apr 8, 2024
dear americans

nobody outside usa knows what the fuck are EST EDT ET PST CST and 289191 other "standard" timezones.
please for the love of god use UTC+X

sincerely, ​​
Show threadmikiApr 9, 2024
@teidesu UTC+X doesn't really make sense though because of daylight saving.
Show threadDemiApr 9, 2024

@miki @teidesu Why not though? It just goes from UTC-4 to UTC-5 instead of EST to EDT for instance, doesn't it?

(not sure if I did it right but my point stands)

Show threadmikiApr 10, 2024
@Demirramon @teidesu Let's say there's an online meeting that happens every week at 11:30, New York time. There's no way to express this in UTC offsets without specifying when the offset changes in what way.
Show threadDemiApr 10, 2024
@miki @teidesu In that particular case, "New York Time" would be the best way of saying it. That's already way better than saying "every day at 11:30 ET" because that requires the reader to know how US time zones work.
Show threadmikiApr 10, 2024
@Demirramon @teidesu Yeah, I guess the operating system way, AKA "pick one city that uses the given timezone and go with it" is one way to do it. It would cause weird edge cases when states change timezones, but time is just going to be annoying like that, no matter what you do.
Show threadglowingskull 💀🎃
@miki @Demirramon @teidesu This works, except what if someone wants a timezone that doesn't have a major city in it? I want a UTC+14 clock, not a "where the fuck is that?" clock.
Sep 10, 2024 at 9:38pmWeb