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: Yeah, it's a result of the template where the form data goes all either into the info-box or below the ToC. I'll move the first bits manually above the ToC as a lede. - [[User:Gedankenstuecke|Gedankenstuecke]] ([[User talk:Gedankenstuecke|talk]]) 08:45, 9 November 2021 (UTC) | : Yeah, it's a result of the template where the form data goes all either into the info-box or below the ToC. I'll move the first bits manually above the ToC as a lede. - [[User:Gedankenstuecke|Gedankenstuecke]] ([[User talk:Gedankenstuecke|talk]]) 08:45, 9 November 2021 (UTC) | ||
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| + | == What is so complicated? time is UTC or Unix Epoch and timezone is just worse location == | ||
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| + | Time zone is just a worse location. If all companies use UTC or LE there are no problems. This wiki page points out how much effort computer programmers put into preventing bugs and then how much bug potential not using UTC/LE makes. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1883:_Supervillain_Plan | ||
| + | Avoid companies that export dates and time in local time as many other issues will crop up. | ||
Revision as of 01:35, 24 November 2021
No lead?
I expect articles to have a "lead" paragraph prior to the table of contents on the page. (I'm not sure if this is a product of the template used to start pages; that might be inadvertently resulting in this...) Madprime (talk) 13:47, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's a result of the template where the form data goes all either into the info-box or below the ToC. I'll move the first bits manually above the ToC as a lede. - Gedankenstuecke (talk) 08:45, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
What is so complicated? time is UTC or Unix Epoch and timezone is just worse location
Time zone is just a worse location. If all companies use UTC or LE there are no problems. This wiki page points out how much effort computer programmers put into preventing bugs and then how much bug potential not using UTC/LE makes. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1883:_Supervillain_Plan Avoid companies that export dates and time in local time as many other issues will crop up.