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

Michael F. Stemper michael.stemper at gmail.com
Tue Aug 31 17:47:10 EDT 2021


On 31/08/2021 16.13, Chris Angelico wrote:

> 
> But ultimately, it all just means that timezones are too hard for
> humans to handle, and we MUST handle them using IANA's database. It is
> the only way.

Tom Scott makes this point quite strongly on Computerphile:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY>

And amusingly.

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Michael F. Stemper
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