🇩🇪 Bald ist es wieder soweit. Sommerzeit
Die einzige logische Lösung statt #Sommerzeit #zeitumstellung
Dauerhafte #zeitzonen in Europa
🇬🇧 Soon it's time again. Summertime.
The only logical solution instead of #daylightsavingtime #summertime
Permanent #timezones in Europe.

Newfoundland's Unique Half-Hour Time Zone! ⏰

Did you know Newfoundland is the only place in North America with its own half-hour time zone? Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) is UTC-3:30, making it 30 minutes ahead of the rest of Atlantic Canada. This unique offset reflects its distinct geographical position in the Atlantic. #Canada #TimeZones #Newfoundland #NST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Time_Zone

Atlantic Time: Spanning Four Provinces! 🌊

Atlantic Standard Time (AST) covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and a small part of eastern Quebec. At UTC-4, these provinces spring forward for Daylight Saving Time. It's the first full time zone to greet the sunrise in Canada, setting the pace for the rest of the country! #Canada #TimeZones #AtlanticCanada #AST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada#Atlantic_Time_Zone

Eastern Time: Canada's Most Populous Zone! 🏙️

Eastern Standard Time (EST) at UTC-5 is Canada's most populous time zone, home to major cities like Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. It covers most of Ontario and Quebec, plus eastern Nunavut. When Daylight Saving Time is observed, it shifts to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), keeping busy urban centres in sync. #Canada #TimeZones #EasternCanada #EST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada#Eastern_Time_Zone

Central Time: Canada's Geographic Heart! ❤️

Central Standard Time (CST) at UTC-6 covers Manitoba and parts of Nunavut. This zone is often considered Canada's geographic heartland. Like most of Canada, it observes Daylight Saving Time, shifting to Central Daylight Time (CDT) in the warmer months. A vast and vital region! #Canada #TimeZones #CentralCanada #CST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada#Central_Time_Zone

Saskatchewan: Always on Standard Time! 🌾⏰

Saskatchewan stands out! Most of the province does *not* observe Daylight Saving Time, staying on Central Standard Time (CST) at UTC-6 year-round. This means clocks don't change, simplifying life but causing a unique time difference with neighbouring provinces for half the year. #Canada #TimeZones #Saskatchewan #NoDST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Saskatchewan

Yukon's Permanent Daylight Time! ☀️⏰

Yukon made a unique decision in 2020: it permanently switched to what is effectively Pacific Daylight Time, meaning it stays at UTC-7 year-round. No more changing clocks! This aligns it with Mountain Standard Time, offering consistent daylight hours and simplifying life for residents. #Canada #TimeZones #Yukon #NoDST

https://yukon.ca/en/news/yukon-remain-permanent-time

Mountain Time: Rocky Peaks & Time Shifts! 🏔️

Mountain Standard Time (MST) at UTC-7 spans Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and parts of eastern British Columbia and western Nunavut. This zone is defined by the majestic Rocky Mountains, creating dramatic shifts as you travel west. It observes Daylight Saving Time, moving to MDT in summer. #Canada #TimeZones #RockyMountains #MST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada#Mountain_Time_Zone

Pacific Time: Canada's Western Gateway! 🌅

British Columbia runs on Pacific Time, fixed permanently at UTC-7 year-round. Home to Vancouver, Victoria, and most of the province, BC ended its twice-yearly clock changes in 2026 — no more springing forward or falling back. A few northeastern communities like Dawson Creek were already at UTC-7 year-round, so nothing changed for them. #Canada #TimeZones #BritishColumbia #PST

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209

If we all used UTC, life gets simpler… and we all sound like pilots. “Wake up at 1100Z” (aka 6am EST). “Lunch at 1700Z.” No more “wait, are you PST or PDT?” Just one clock, endless smugness. Keep local zones only for vibes and daylight complaints.

#endDST #timezones #daylightsavings #utc #iso8601

Do you think intelligent life on other planets would have “time zones” or would they look at our geo-political time boundaries and say WTF?

#timezones #dst2026 #enddaylightsaving #utcforeverything #time #clock #alians

Saskatchewan: Always on Standard Time! 🌾⏰

Saskatchewan stands out! Most of the province does *not* observe Daylight Saving Time, staying on Central Standard Time (CST) at UTC-6 year-round. This means clocks don't change, simplifying life but causing a unique time difference with neighbouring provinces for half the year. #Canada #TimeZones #Saskatchewan #NoDST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Saskatchewan

Atlantic Time: Spanning Four Provinces! 🌊

Atlantic Standard Time (AST) covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and a small part of eastern Quebec. At UTC-4, these provinces spring forward for Daylight Saving Time. It's the first full time zone to greet the sunrise in Canada, setting the pace for the rest of the country! #Canada #TimeZones #AtlanticCanada #AST

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada#Atlantic_Time_Zone

I’m currently in Tweed Heads, a town that straddles two time zones. My various devices have all randomly chosen their zones, and my alerts and reminders are freaking out. How do people live like this?

#TimeZones #ThatsRidiculous #ItsNotEvenFunny

I wish #python wasn't shoving #timezones down my throat.

I work with global sensor #data. *Everything* is *always* UTC. Even for display, nobody wants local time--we have UTC clocks up in the control room.

Sure, I can make my datetimes UTC. The problem is that if there's a timezone, "helpful" functions and libraries often try to change or display it as local (sometimes they call this a bug and sometimes a feature, either way it's always the wrong thing to do).

When I can use bare datetimes, no third-party code is able to change it--which is exactly what I want. It's already right, don't do anything!

But now I have to use timezones. And I have to sanitize my entire codebase to ensure that it continues to have the same property it currently has, i.e. effectively completely ignoring timezones.

I don't feel like explaining this. So I'm just going to post a link to my posts elsewhere & the hashtags. But I'm proud of myself, gods damn it. \^/ If the hashtags are of interest, go look, or just go look if you feel like it? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

https://bsky.app/profile/jhv.bsky.social/post/3me7ivb2rzs2p

#sun #time #seasons #solarTime #clockTime #astronomy #calendaring #EquationOfTime #meanSolarTime #apparentSolarTime #clocks #clockTime #timeZones #DST

So worried about arriving late, I ended up basically being 2 hours early, so I'm spending nervous energy at a nearby fast food place

*Part of this being a timezone change, which if I got backwards would have me barely there on time.

#Timezones #Schedule

#time #timezones

https://www.time.gov/

Do I even want to know what the difference between these two timezones is?

Central European Time (Europe/Amsterdam)
Central European Time (Europe/Berlin)

#tzdata #timezone #timezones #WTF

So guess who wrote a convoluted date comparison conditional instead of using `Temporal.ZonedDateTime.compare()` like an intelligent human being and ended up hitting an edge case where future scheduled calls started getting cleaned off the database instead of past ones?

I’ll give you a hint: has two thumbs and his name is Aral 🤦‍♂️

Anyway, just restored things from yesterday’s backup and sent a direct message to everyone scheduled for a Gaza Verified video verification call apologising for the confusion and explaining what happened.

Moral of the story: stick to the Temporal API and use its methods if you’re implementing anything even remotely non-trivial involving dates, especially if there are timezones involved. (You can use a Temporal API polyfill in Node.js – I’ve been using temporal-polyfill.)

Now I’m going to expire for the evening.

💕

#GazaVerified #TemporalAPI #calendars #dates #timezones #JavaScript #NodeJS