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Does this handle the special case of timezone changes (and local time discontinuity) that Jon Skeet famously documented?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841333/why-is-subtracti...

And computerphile explains so well in their 10-min video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY

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I've long ago learned to never build my own Date/Time nor Encryption libraries. There's endless edge cases that can bite you hard.

(Which is also why I'm skeptical when I encounter new such libraries)

parent alberth 2 years ago

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