Re: Time Zone design issues

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On 09/09/07 22:29, novnov wrote:
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> But it doesn't particularly make sense to set the server's clock to UTC.
> It'd seem to skew a lot of server functionality which I'd think should
> normally be geared around local time. So I'd guess that the route to take is
> to keep the server pegged to local time, and use a function that derives UTC
> from now(), tags the 'last modified' fields with that value.

Your single-user Windows mindset is shining brightly.

Unix servers have had their internal clocks set to UTC for a decade
or more, and there have been no noticeable ill effects, since apps
all know to adjust for TZ.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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