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720: Where Does Time Come From?

Jan 22, 2024

27:25

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The podcast explores the concept of time in web development, including atomic clocks, network time, device time, epoch time, ISO 8601 standard, and RFC 3339. They also discuss time zone support and the Temporal API for date manipulation.

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Quick takeaways

Accurate time tracking is crucial for SSL certificates, logging, troubleshooting, and global application handling.

Standardization and precise tracking, such as atomic clocks and network time protocols, play a significant role in ensuring consistent time across devices and systems.

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The Significance of Time

Time plays a crucial role in various aspects of programming and data management. Accurate time tracking is essential for SSL certificates, logging and saving data, and troubleshooting errors or exceptions. Understanding time zones is vital for handling global applications and calculating time differences. Additionally, time is connected to dates, and ensuring consistency and precision when dealing with dates is important for various operations. The temporal API aims to address the limitations of the JavaScript date API by providing better time zone management, improved parsing, and immutable methods for working with dates.

Introduction

2min

Discussion on a Canadian podcast editor, dealing with time in the browser, and a mysterious date discrepancy

3min

The Concept of Time and its Importance in Programming

13min

Timestamp Standards, Time Zones, and Daylight Savings

2min

Working with Time Zones and Date Manipulation

6min

It is time. Wes and Scott attempt to blow your minds by talking about time, who’s tracking time, where does time come from, what time is it in your browser vs someone else’s server, and standards around time.

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