The sqlite3 timestamp conversion between unixepoch and localtime can't be done according to the timezone setting on the machine automatically.

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Tue Aug 31 19:27:46 EDT 2021


On 2021-08-31 23:31, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>> In the EU, DST in the member states changes at the same time. It's not
>> like the US where it ripples across the timezones, so the differences
>> vary during the change. It all happens in one go.
>>
> 
> Ah, good to know. I think that actually makes a lot of sense; in the
> US, they try to let everyone pretend that the rest of the world
> doesn't exist ("we always change at 2AM"), but in Europe, they try to
> synchronize for the convenience of commerce ("everyone changes at 1AM
> UTC").
> 
> A quick browse of Wikipedia suggests that some European countries
> (outside of the EU, which mandates DST transitions) have constant
> year-round UTC offsets. In theory, there could be a non-EU country
> that observes DST with different dates, but I can't find any examples.
> Here's hoping, hehe.
> 
It goes forwards on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday 
of October.


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