|
|
Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 03/07/07 17:57
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> By the way: please use GMT+0 (or unix timestamps) to keep dates on a
> database. If your country follows DST and you use the local date, you may
> run into lots of problems.
Not just "may" - it's a slam-dunk!
Microsoft is announcing this week that you WILL run into
problems on their systems... as are several other companies.
In 2005, the Republican congress decided to mess with DST in
order to trick some particularly foolish voters into believing
that it will save energy dollars.
As a result, for the next few months, most software written
prior to 2005, and all hardware with DST algorithms in them, and
which were built prior to 2005 will be messed up during these
months.
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|