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
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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_HochrheinA 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.
#coding
#timezone 
#freebsd #unix #time 
#sysadmin 
️ #germany 
#Berlin #Switzerland 
#Zurich
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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_HochrheinA 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.
#coding
#timezone #freebsd #unix #time #sysadmin ️ #germany #Berlin #Switzerland #ZurichBüsingen in the tz database:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/contrib/tzdata/zone1970.tab#L124
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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_HochrheinA 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.
#coding
#timezone #freebsd #unix #time #sysadmin ️ #germany #Berlin #Switzerland #Zurich@alfonsosiciliano thank you for teaching us about this curiosity. I had no idea. Made my day
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@alfonsosiciliano thank you for teaching us about this curiosity. I had no idea. Made my day
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