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Yes, someone actually did this and I found it running on our server

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As a Real Programmer(tm) I have developed such a deep fear of anything time and date related that I would fully endorse dispatching an API call to the tz_database instead of attempting any fucking part of this.

Kids, it's fine to meme about silly stuff... but date and time is deadly serious, regardless of how careful you think you're being you are wrong.

Do you know how many timezones there are in Indiana? No? Look it up and scream in horror.

[-] AndyLikesCandy@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago

Here's a fun thought experiment: What gregorian year and date will the spacian date value of zero correlate to? Trick question.

The atomic clock on the moon and every other celestial body colonized will simply start at zero, and thanks to relativity it will not actually be the same rate of time passing as on earth.

Enjoy your nightmares.

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