Python time-zone handling

Posted Mar 6, 2020 19:09 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: Python time-zone handling by JFlorian
Parent article: Python time-zone handling

There are three unsolvable problems in computing: time, the Web, and software distribution.

Fixing them would entail removing other users, which can't be done for compatibility reasons.

Posted Mar 9, 2020 13:14 UTC (Mon) by JFlorian (guest, #49650) [Link] (1 responses)

I love it! This strikes as a variation of something I've heard before but I can't quite place it. Though my first guess would be from the HHGTG.

Posted Mar 9, 2020 20:19 UTC (Mon) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

It's a riff on the "naming things, cache invalidation, off-by-one errors" line - but those are merely _unsolved_, not unsolvable :)