Django Con US 2018 Its about time by Russell Keith Magee

DjangoCon US 2018 It s about time by Russell KeithMagee Heres a fun experiment: Mention timezones within earshot of any experienced programmer. Now wait until the profanity stops. Handling dates and time is an incredibly common requirement in computer applications. Thats hardly surprising we all use computers to record when we did old things, track how long things take, and to plan when were going to do things. So why is dealing with time so difficult Well, its because time has a very sordid history. What we even think of as time has changed. In this talk, youll travel through time, and see the impact that two thousand years of history have had on our modern life. Youll be shown how all this wibblywobbly, timeywimey history stuff affects the data modelling and APIs we use on a daily basis. This is going to take some time.