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Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple?

References <dfd18cf3-e2c0-4f0e-a4c1-a72924039a15@googlegroups.com> <roy-358706.09280402012013@news.panix.com>
Date 2013-01-03 01:51 +1100
Subject Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.1574.1357138278.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> PPS: Some additional hints for staying sane while working with dates:

I assume you mean timestamps. A date doesn't need to worry about UTC
the way a timestamp does. Beyond that, I agree with most of your
comments.

> 3) Run all your servers with their timezones set to UTC.

Not strictly necessary imo; as long as your application knows that it
needs to work in UTC, it doesn't matter what the OS works in. But yes,
it is a convenience.

> 7) If it's absolutely impossible to obey rule #6, run away from the
> project.

Absolutely.

ChrisA

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Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 00:01 -0800
  Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 09:33 +0100
  Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Dave Angel <davea@dejaviewphoto.com> - 2013-01-02 09:06 -0500
  Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-02 09:28 -0500
    Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 01:51 +1100
      Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? roy@panix.com (Roy Smith) - 2013-01-02 12:27 -0500
        Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 04:34 +1100
        Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-02 12:44 -0500
  Re: Using mktime to convert date to seconds since epoch - omitting elements from the tuple? Barry Scott <barry@barrys-emacs.org> - 2013-01-03 23:46 +0000

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