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Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones

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283 points move-on-by | 2 comments | 12 Sep 25 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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loloquwowndueo ◴[12 Sep 25 11:57 UTC] No.45221171[source]▶
Imagine my outrage when America/Montreal was deprecated years ago. “It’s the same as America/Toronto, just use that” they said :)
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ta1243 ◴[12 Sep 25 12:31 UTC] No.45221427[source]▶
Have Montreal and Toronto ever been in different timezones?
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loloquwowndueo ◴[12 Sep 25 12:33 UTC] No.45221447[source]▶
No they have not. But why not nix Toronto instead? Everybody knows Montreal is better, it should get dibs at naming the time zone.

I’m just joking all the way, by the way :)

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1. ta1243 ◴[12 Sep 25 13:39 UTC] No.45222029[source]▶
Toronto's bigger. Same reason Boston and Washington are "New York" and Seatle/SanFrancisco are Los_Angeles

(Detroit gets its own zone because it was significantly different to new york before 1970, normally it's only difference post 1970 which merit a new zone)

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2. loloquwowndueo ◴[12 Sep 25 17:41 UTC] No.45224588[source]▶
Montreal is older! Montreal was there first! Montreal was once Canada’s capital!

You did read the “I’m just joking” in my previous post, right? I don’t give a shit as long as I can select a city in my country and time zone :)