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I think my code will be OK... (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know this isn't any kind of surprise, and yet, well...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the application.

I don't remember all the specifics but this is the blog post I refer to when this topic comes up

https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2019/03/27/storing-utc-is-not-a-silver-bullet/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

So TL;DR: there might be unexpected time zone rule changes in the future. The solution presented in the article is to store both UTC and local time, so the application can easily adjust itself if such change happens.