<![CDATA[If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein]]>If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein

A tiny German town of fewer than 1,500 people, completely surrounded by Switzerland.

Fun historical timezone trivia:
Büsingen is associated with Europe/Zurich instead of Europe/Berlin.

Why? In 1980, West Germany introduced DST, but Switzerland initially did not. For a few months:

Germany was UTC+2
Switzerland stayed UTC+1
and Büsingen followed Swiss time to avoid daily chaos with the surrounding area.

That historical difference is still reflected in the tz database today.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/alfonsosiciliano/statuses/116539203546664722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/alfonsosiciliano/statuses/116539203546664722Fri, 08 May 2026 13:32:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:28:22 GMT]]>@alfonsosiciliano thank you for teaching us about this curiosity. I had no idea. Made my day

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChrisUplus/statuses/116539189034668781https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChrisUplus/statuses/116539189034668781Fri, 08 May 2026 13:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:27:34 GMT]]>Büsingen in the tz database:

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/contrib/tzdata/zone1970.tab#L124

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