In article <mailman.1574.1357138278.29569.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I assume you mean timestamps. A date doesn't need to worry about UTC >> the way a timestamp does. I'm not sure how a date and a timestamp differ in any significant way. A date is just a very low-precision time. >> 3) Run all your servers with their timezones set to UTC. > > Not strictly necessary imo; as long as your application knows that it > needs to work in UTC, it doesn't matter what the OS works in. But yes, > it is a convenience. Many small conveniences add up to conservation of sanity :-) I suppose what's really essential is a way to quickly see the current UTC time. That way, when you're looking at some event in a log file, it's easy to figure out, "that was 20 minutes ago", as opposed to, "that was 5 hours and 20 minutes ago". I run my desktop in New York time (so I know when I'm supposed to eat lunch), but I also have a second clock widget displaying UTC time just below it. Right now, it's 17:22. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
