XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-26 8:26 p.m., Nobody wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:17:09 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/26/25 8:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>> CrudeSausage  wrote at 23:32 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   >>>> On 2025-12-24 2:04 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:20:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Actually, I believe Linux will /always/ set the internal clock to   
   >>>>>> the UTC time, regardless of how the timezone is set. Windows, on the   
   >>>>>> other hand, assumes its the local time and offsets accordingly. Of   
   >>>>>> course, loading into Linux from Windows doesn't screw up the time...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sounds like it is Windows getting screwed up.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> System time in UTC is the only convention that makes sense. Convert   
   >>>>> time to some suitable local time zone before displaying it to the   
   >>>>> user, by all means. But don’t assume that all the users on a   
   >>>>> particular system are in the same time zone.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why wouldn't all the users of a system located in one time zone also be   
   >>>> in that same time zone?   
   >>>   
   >>> General best practice for datetime is to store everything in UTC, then   
   >>> only convert to timezones when displaying to the user. Timezones are   
   >>> incredibly messy, so using a global standard makes things way simpler.   
   >>> Even in one timezone, something like daylight savings can mess things   
   >>> up.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> There's no question that Linux handles this the appropriate way, in   
   >> contrast to M$ treating the user as a manipulable paying customer of   
   >> arbitrary, proprietary corporate junk, it wouldn't stop me from using   
   >> Winblows, but I scoff at Microsoft's platform really being the true   
   >> standard.  Linux won.   
   >   
   > Until next month when you once again switch back to Windows and start   
   > this perpetual troll over again from the Windows side of things.   
   > Rinse and repeat.   
   > You need to become more creative with your trolling Joel because your   
   > usual concern troll gimmick no longer works.   
   I believe that he is as undecided as it relates to Windows and Linux as   
   I am. It's fine to see the positives and negatives of both and switch   
   your experience up from time to time. Being undecided about whether   
   you're a faggot or not is a lot more damaging.   
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