▲ 727 ▼ Who is the enemy? (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 509 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] umfk@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (6 children) Data scientists hate time zones. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 5 points 1 year ago* (5 children) Every dev hates time zones but I wouldn't say it's the number 1 enemy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) We should invent standard computing time (SCT) or something and use that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 points 1 year ago UTC But dealing with timezone conversions and daylight savings is a pain. Like if you make a recurring task every day BASED on the user's timezone, it's annoying because of daylight savings permalink fedilink source parent [–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) And name it Zulu Time because it sounds cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lemmysquezzy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago But are we summer or winter winds? permalink fedilink source parent [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago I would guess that in Data Science some things would require you to use local timezone because they are dependent on the actual time of day, and some would require synchronization so use of UTC. Also, some timezones are way off the sunlight time and would skew the data that has dependency on daylight and not on hours permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 5 points 1 year ago* (5 children) Every dev hates time zones but I wouldn't say it's the number 1 enemy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) We should invent standard computing time (SCT) or something and use that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 points 1 year ago UTC But dealing with timezone conversions and daylight savings is a pain. Like if you make a recurring task every day BASED on the user's timezone, it's annoying because of daylight savings permalink fedilink source parent [–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) And name it Zulu Time because it sounds cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lemmysquezzy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago But are we summer or winter winds? permalink fedilink source parent [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago I would guess that in Data Science some things would require you to use local timezone because they are dependent on the actual time of day, and some would require synchronization so use of UTC. Also, some timezones are way off the sunlight time and would skew the data that has dependency on daylight and not on hours permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) We should invent standard computing time (SCT) or something and use that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 points 1 year ago UTC But dealing with timezone conversions and daylight savings is a pain. Like if you make a recurring task every day BASED on the user's timezone, it's annoying because of daylight savings permalink fedilink source parent [–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) And name it Zulu Time because it sounds cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lemmysquezzy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago But are we summer or winter winds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 points 1 year ago UTC But dealing with timezone conversions and daylight savings is a pain. Like if you make a recurring task every day BASED on the user's timezone, it's annoying because of daylight savings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) And name it Zulu Time because it sounds cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lemmysquezzy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago But are we summer or winter winds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmysquezzy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago But are we summer or winter winds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago I would guess that in Data Science some things would require you to use local timezone because they are dependent on the actual time of day, and some would require synchronization so use of UTC. Also, some timezones are way off the sunlight time and would skew the data that has dependency on daylight and not on hours permalink fedilink source parent
