On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > PPS: Some additional hints for staying sane while working with dates:
I assume you mean timestamps. A date doesn't need to worry about UTC the way a timestamp does. Beyond that, I agree with most of your comments. > 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. > 7) If it's absolutely impossible to obey rule #6, run away from the > project. Absolutely. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
