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WHAT'S THE TIME ?
Joachim Jablon - DjangoCon Europe '16
April 2016 (±10%)
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TIME TROLLING, PT. 1
• 1 minute = 60 seconds*
• 1 hour = 60 minutes **
• 1 day = 24 hours (starting at midnight)***
• 1 week = 7 days (starting on Monday) ****
• 1 month = 30 days = 4 weeks
• 1 year = 12 months (starting on Jan. 1st) ***** = 365 days ******
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* Except minutes that have a leap second and can be 59 or 61 ** Except DST hours that can be anything from 0 to 120 minutes *** Except DST days that can be 22 to 26 hours **** Except in the
places where it starts on Sunday ***** But the ISO year might begin on Dec. 29, ****** Except leap years. Are you really reading all the fine prints here ? Congratulations !
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• Nepal
• Brazil
• Australia
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TIME TROLLING, PT. 2
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THIS IS MADNESS
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This is Australiaaaaaaaaa !
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PYTHON TRIES TO HELP
• time
• calendar
• datetime :
date, time, datetime, timedelta, tzinfo
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Python documentation
« Supporting timezones at whatever
level of detail is required is up to the
application. The rules for time
adjustment across the world are
more political than rational, and
there is no standard suitable for every
application. »
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TZ DATA, PYTZ
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TZ Data: Arthur David Olson, Paul Eggert, Pytz: Stuart Bishop
Quick reminder : have you sent your happiness packets yet ? Just sayin'
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KEEPING YOUR SANITY
• The spoon naive datetime does not exist
• Use UTC everywhere while you can, use
TIME_ZONE="UTC" in your settings.
• Always be aware of the time zone you're using,
not just the UTC shift
• ♥ opensource (check out "Arrow" and
"DeLorean" python libs)
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Thank you
Related XKCD : xkcd://1061
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