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Markus Eisele<p>Time Zones Don’t Have to Be a Nightmare: Handling Dates Properly with Quarkus and Hibernate Panache<br>Store dates in UTC, convert like a pro, and never mess up a user’s local time again, with just a few lines of code. <br><a href="https://myfear.substack.com/p/quarkus-java-timezone-best-practices" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">myfear.substack.com/p/quarkus-</span><span class="invisible">java-timezone-best-practices</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Quarkus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quarkus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timezone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UTC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hibernate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hibernate</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2189339/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2189339/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Coin-op amusements news | Timezone opens New Zealand family entertainment centre with bowling <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/arcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bowling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InterGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterGame</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PalmerstonNorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalmerstonNorth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheEntertainmentAndEducationGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheEntertainmentAndEducationGroup</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timezone</span></a></p>
amen zwa, esq.<p>Perl is not my favourite language, but I admit that its <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> syntax did a tonne of good for <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>.</p><p>We need a similar boost to the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bit</span></a> twiddling syntax. I like the sensibility of C and Erlang bit-manipulation syntax.</p><p>Also, we geeks need to agree on how we clean up that politically induced mess that is the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezone</span></a>.</p>
SpaceLifeForm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> </p><p>Depends.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TimeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZone</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldDestruction</span></a> by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZone</span></a></p><p>"Putting people in racist categories<br>Knowledge isn't what it used to be<br>Military tactics to control a nation<br>Who wants to be a president or king? Me!<br>Mother Nature is gonna work against you<br>Nothing in your power that you can do<br>Yes, the world is headed for destruction<br>You and I know it, the Bible tells you<br>If we don't start to look for a better life<br>The world will be destroyed in a time zone!"</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnLyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLyden</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfrikaBambaataa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikaBambaataa</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillLaswell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillLaswell</span></a>, 1984<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1T6l70XlqU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=u1T6l70Xlq</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HipHop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/80sMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80sMusic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FridayNightMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayNightMusic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FridayNightMusicVideos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayNightMusicVideos</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MusicForARevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicForARevolution</span></a></p>
Infrapink (he/his/him)<p>Ooh, Ireland might get our own timezone! It will be UTC+0, right?</p><p>Right?</p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0211/1495874-forum-to-discuss-possible-new-time-zone-for-ireland/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/2025/0211/1495874-</span><span class="invisible">forum-to-discuss-possible-new-time-zone-for-ireland/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TimeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TimeZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZones</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1714672/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1714672/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Make daylight saving time permanent? The US economy says yes | Commentary <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DaylightSavingTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaylightSavingTime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spacetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StandardTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandardTime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TimeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZone</span></a></p>
Anthony Steele<p>Clocks have changed! Most clocks changed themselves, but the Kitchen Oven + Microwave clocks had to be changed manually.</p><p>Wall clock time is now back to UTC.</p><p>Any guess as to how many new "off by 1 hour" bugs will be uncovered tomorrow?</p><p><a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/DaylightSavingsTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaylightSavingsTime</span></a> <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/TimeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeZone</span></a> <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a></p>
dorotaC<p>Days since <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezone</span></a> confusion: 0.</p><p>I know now why <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> zones are hard.</p><p>Saying "let's meet at 14:00 Berlin time" doesn't mean "let's meet in 234535 seconds from now".</p><p>It means "let's meet at the time specified as 14:00 by my local government" (which ends up 234535 seconds from now if the government doesn't change anything).</p><p>Statements about local clock time include an implicit reference to the decisions of an unpredictable local authority.</p><p>Except <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UTC</span></a> . That authority is global.</p>
Wikinaut<p>Das hattte ich gesucht.<br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a></p><p>Coordinates → Timezone</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> package for finding the <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezone</span></a> of any point on earth (coordinates) offline </p><p><a href="https://github.com/jannikmi/timezonefinder" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/jannikmi/timezonefi</span><span class="invisible">nder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://timezonefinder.michelfe.it/gui" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">timezonefinder.michelfe.it/gui</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tushar Chauhan<p>Ok, so who here travels with an apple machine ? Hopefully you don't use the clock on your system.</p><p>I hadn't realised that macos doesn't allow changing time-zones without a terminal command that issues an error (but changes the time-zones) !!</p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255414228?sortBy=rank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discussions.apple.com/thread/2</span><span class="invisible">55414228?sortBy=rank</span></a></p><p>As I always say, macos is an OS for show. No attention was paid to real functionality. Rubbish.</p><p>Stop basing design and UIX on this system. Substance &gt;&gt; Show.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/macrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/BadUIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadUIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezone</span></a></p>
pi<p>Anyone know why <a href="https://twit.social/tags/simplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simplicity</span></a> not applied</p><p>Make the time everywhere on <a href="https://twit.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> the same as the earth <a href="https://twit.social/tags/timeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timeZone</span></a> directly between the 2 Centers of Gravity.</p><p>Inhabitants will likely be underground w/o windows<br>so outdoor illumination need not be a significant factor</p><p>The minute duration will have to be adjusted and renamed as a <a href="https://twit.social/tags/moonit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moonit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/science/lunar-time-zone-scale-nasa-artemis-scn/?utm_medium=10today.us.fri.rd.20240531.436.1&amp;utm_source=email&amp;utm_content=article&amp;utm_campaign=email-2022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/05/30/science/lun</span><span class="invisible">ar-time-zone-scale-nasa-artemis-scn/?utm_medium=10today.us.fri.rd.20240531.436.1&amp;utm_source=email&amp;utm_content=article&amp;utm_campaign=email-2022</span></a></p>