[conspire] Time zones and coders

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

The specific quote is from Jamis Buck:

"Time zones were created specifically to make programmers’ lives miserable.”

https://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2007/2/2/introducing-tztime.html

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 11:15 PM, Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Rick Moen:
>> Meant to add:
>> 
>>> (My wife Deirdre the family coder says that time zones are a conspiracy
>>> to drive programmers insane.)
>> 
>> If you're at all of a similar mindset, this will be golden:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY
> 
> Whee!  And ... California ... ain't we special, ... with
> the passage of Proposition 7
> https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-6-2018/statement-vote/
> California could end up with its very own timezone (and timezone files),
> distinct from anywhere else on the planet.  <sigh>

See: Indiana.

See also: Kiribati (UTC + 14!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B14:00

See also: Chatham Islands (UTC + 13:45) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B13:45

Deirdre