User timezone #5

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pratyush · 2021-10-23T12:15:43+02:00

pratyush commented

2021-10-23 12:15:43 +02:00

The previous edition used IANA timezones which had to be explicitly set so as to not spook folks by asking for their location which is used by worldtime anyway.

If user account exists check if the worldtime has been set for the hostmask associated with that nick/user.
Usually here we’d default to UTC which is fine if we are saving the datetime value in UTC since the timezone info can be changed later and shall be applied to any query.
This won’t work well if you travel though.It is still better to associate a tzinfo with the utc datetime for every dose but then applying that for past doses is pointless.
it might be wise to detect the first use of such a command by a nick and pm them that they can reg/auth on the bot to ensure that the data isnt getting mangled due to nick fallback and also on how to set their tzinfo?

The previous edition used IANA timezones which had to be explicitly set so as to not spook folks by asking for their location which is used by worldtime anyway. * If user account exists check if the `worldtime` has been set for the hostmask associated with that nick/user. * Usually here we'd default to UTC which is fine if we are saving the datetime value in UTC since the timezone info can be changed later and shall be applied to any query. * This won't work well if you travel though.It is still better to associate a tzinfo with the utc datetime for every dose but then applying that for past doses is pointless. * it might be wise to detect the first use of such a command by a nick and pm them that they can reg/auth on the bot to ensure that the data isnt getting mangled due to nick fallback and also on how to set their tzinfo?

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Priority: Critical

Status: Unitiliased

labels 2022-02-26 16:18:38 +01:00

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Priority: Critical

Type: Enhancement

Status: Unitiliased

labels 2023-05-05 11:33:31 +02:00

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