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		computerfriend on Oct 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601 If your birthday party is 2022-05-01T16:00 Asia/Eastern_Siberia but you said 2022-05-01T16:00+1000 instead, then you made a mistake. If it's really at 2022-05-01T16:00+1000, then it doesn't matter what DST policy changes occur.

gorgoiler on Oct 24, 2021 [–]

The point of a future timestamp + tzdb timezone is to twofold:

1/ my birthday party will start when my watch shows this local time and date

2/ my local time and date are dictated by the legislative body responsible for this geographic area.

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