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Timezones have more information and are a mini-database in themselves, which is why most database include the information and have timezone capable types. Offsets as simple numbers are not usable in any real calculation.

100% of apps? You must not know what timezone intricacies are then or just how much effort is spent to make sure time itself is properly handled, especially in any major application that has global users.




>You must not know what timezone intricacies are then or just how much effort is spent to make sure time itself is properly handled, especially in any major application that has global users.

You'd be surprised.




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