Kind of puzzled about timestamps

[jonhall80 at comcast.net]

Especially when you go far enough north and it is never light when you wake up for a decent part of the year.

DST is evil. Timezones are evil. UTC is the only way.

And turtles.....all the way down.

md
> On 03/06/2021 9:17 PM Curt Howland <howland at priss.com> wrote:
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> On Saturday 06 March 2021, Ben Scott was heard to say:
> > Even that's not enough, because the stupid humans keep changing
> > what the time zones mean.
> 
> With GMT as the standard time stamp, one can at least know relative 
> times of files, even if one does not know such real-world details.
> 
> I've gotten into a couple of heated arguments for/against the idea of 
> using GMT for everything, and then adapting what time things happen 
> to local conditions. The reactions to that idea have been 
> fascinating. Much like the arguments about Daylight Saving.
> 
> I mean, how silly can one be to object to it being dark when you wake 
> up, and then demanding that everyone else change the time on their 
> clocks so it's light at 7am the way you want it to be?
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> - -- 
> You may my glories and my state dispose,
> But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
>  --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"
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