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Auto-detecting time zones at JSConfAU

Last week I was lucky enough to present at JSConfAU. My talk was titled “Auto-detecting time zones in JS” (with a sub-title of “Are you a masochist?”).

Part I – Technical details

Taking a tour of terrible temporal twists and turns

A lot of the talk delved into the history of time and time zones, pointing out various oddities and things that can trip you up if you try to deal with them. I won’t repeat all of them here – partly because I doubt anyone would read the whole lot, partly because I just want to focus on the two main points I made: Continue reading