A Matter of Time
summary
Explains the Y2K bug and the upcoming 2038 problem, and examines issues that arise when doing date/time calculations such as leap years and daylight saving transitions. Describes how common programming languages and databases handle dates and times and what developers need to be aware of when working with them.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to time
- 0:43History of time and clocks
- 3:55Year 2000 problem
- 7:33Unix Epoch Time and 2038 error
- 10:23Date handling and time zones
- 13:35Global time zone adjustments
- 15:42Time Zone database
- 18:07UTC versus GMT
- 19:58Samoa date change
- 21:25Q&A
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