Operating with arbitrary timezones

[Jon Zeppieri]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Alexander Jones <alex at weej.com> wrote:

> What I meant by Date+Time components was actually { year, month, day,
> hours, minutes, seconds, offset }. I think it makes sense to formalise this
> as an expression of a time point (aka Date) *in a particular timezone*. For
> example this can be used to decide e.g. "are these two time points in the
> same month in this specific timezone", where that month may be e.g. 31 days
> + 1 hour. It could also be formatted for display.
>
> Conflating Date projections into a timezone, with formatting, is a bit of
> a conceptual error IMO. Convenient, but incorrect, as per Single
> Responsibility Principle.
>
> Alex
>
>
UTC offsets are terrible representations of time zones, because they don't
acknowledge that many actual local timelines are discontinuous.

When you don't need time zones, it's best to avoid them (and UTC offsets)
altogether, but when you really need them, UTC offsets just aren't enough.
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