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Time is a Social Construct

Time is a Social Construct

Given at BrooklynJS, ManhattanJS, and JSConf 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUzPpXhFmG8

Daniel Cousineau

August 14, 2019
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  1. @dcousineau Arizona is in the Mountain Timezone and does not

    observe daylight savings time except in the Navajo Indian Nation.
  2. @dcousineau America/New_York: Dearborn & Ohio America/Chicago: Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton,

    Porter, Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, & Warrick America/Kentucky/Louisville: Clark, Floyd, & Harrison Counties in Indiana NOT on America/Indiana/*
  3. @dcousineau Use ISO-8601 in transit & let the browser handle

    the rest. Treat it like a11y, give the browser / user control.
  4. @dcousineau Be explicit about context with your user. If this

    is confusing for you, it’s worse for them.