Comment on Windows Azure Service Disruption on Feb 29th, 2012parentComments−joe_the_user14yYes,Among all the tasks and problems that seem simple, you'll find Time and date questions to be some of the trickiest. Deriding "noobs" doesn't do anyone any credit.−sad_panda14yYou're usually pretty safe if you allow well-tested date and time libraries to do all of the heavy lifting.−ScottBurson14yI'm keenly aware of the complications. My point is that every other professional programmer should be too.I stand by my statement: this was a stunningly stupid, n00b mistake. If I had made it, I would say exactly the same thing.
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Yes,
Among all the tasks and problems that seem simple, you'll find Time and date questions to be some of the trickiest. Deriding "noobs" doesn't do anyone any credit.
You're usually pretty safe if you allow well-tested date and time libraries to do all of the heavy lifting.
I'm keenly aware of the complications. My point is that every other professional programmer should be too.
I stand by my statement: this was a stunningly stupid, n00b mistake. If I had made it, I would say exactly the same thing.