On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Roger Binns <rog...@rogerbinns.com> wrote: > On 30/07/14 10:05, Nico Williams wrote: >> Users travel; they don't have a single timezone. What matters is: the >> TZ when a user posted / did something, so you can have a vague idea of >> when they might be sleeping / unavailable. > > I'm not sure if you are disagreeing or agreeing with me.
I wasn't either. But I am now: I'm agreeing with you: timezone needs to be accounted for as close to the user as possible. In a web application, as Simon points out, this should be done in JavaScript on the page, not on the server. > There is no need for timezones even for your example. Displaying the > timestamp relatively solves that (eg "13 hours ago"). I find that somewhat obnoxious. I often prefer absolute time and, and with a clue as to the poster's timezone (e.g., as in e-mail), as that tells me a lot about the user. On the other hand, why should I know that about the user? It's an information leak they might not like. Nico -- _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
