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

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Fri Sep 3 13:37:04 EDT 2021


On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 3:33 AM Alan Gauld via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> On 02/09/2021 19:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> >> Without DST the schools opened in the dark so all the kids
> >> had to travel to school in the dark and the number of
> >> traffic accidents while crossing roads jumped.
> >
> > How do they manage in winter?
>
> That was the winter. Sunrise wasn't till 10:00 or so
> and the schools open at 9. With DST sunrise became
> 9:00 and with pre-dawn light it is enough to see by.

Are you saying that you had DST in winter, or that, when summer *and*
DST came into effect, there was more light at dawn? Because a *lot* of
people confuse summer and DST, and credit DST with the natural effects
of the season change.

ChrisA


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