Technical Reflection on Time Zone Selection and the US/Pacific Designation
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Summary
The author reflects on a technical mistake involving time zone selection (specifically "US/Pacific") that was criticized by readers. They explore why they chose this deprecated time zone designation and attempt to recreate the decision-making process that led to this technical oversight, while also making humorous references to burgers from a Seattle joint.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI forgot to add my usual advice for them to suck down a bag of burgers from that one burger joint in Seattle
why did I pick "US/Pacific", anyway? Did I go to lengths to pick out a time zone name that has been marked as "backwards" about as long as Debian has existed?
I figured the easiest way to understand this was to re-enact the sequence of events that happens
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