the tz database is fascinating not just because it's a relatively small project that's used on millions of computers but also because the source files are full of notes in the comments that go back to the 1980s
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@Dee also because if something is done wrong in this obscure project, basically every computer everywhere in the world breaks

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@joepie91 national legislatures think they control what time offset their territories are in, but in reality it's the tz database that does that

@Dee looking forward to the first international diplomatic incident because the tz maintainer refused to update it

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