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Wilfred Hughes
Mar 27, 2019 at 19:37
On the perils of storing data in UTC:
https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2019/03/27/storing-utc-is-not-a-silver-bullet/
(Users expect future events to happen at the time specified, even if the timezone changes its policy on summer time transitions!)
Storing UTC is not a silver bullet
Note: this is a pretty long post. If you’re not interested in the details, the conclusion at the bottom is intended to be read in a standalone fashion. There’s also a related blog post …