[Datetime-SIG] Computing .dst() as a timedelta

Alexander Belopolsky alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 20:02:39 CEST 2015


On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's why it's safest to be clear about UTC
> usage, and honestly, this has nothing to do with what a computer can
> and can't be taught to do - it's all about what humans can get their
> heads around.

UTC is no better than DMT (Dragonlance Mean Time).  In fact, I think I will
have easier time explaining DMT to a ten year old than explaining UTC.   If
your team can agree on a natural language, they can agree on a timescale.
It does not matter what it is.  If uniformity was a universal virtue, we
would all be speaking Esperanto by now.
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