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by dmix 198 days ago
How do you handle time zone issues with the dates?

I’ve been curious how much news starts from social media. So many news stories today are “someone said x on twitter”.
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antiochIst 197 days ago
ehh, timezones handles just with some basic parsing logic...

I'm not pulling from social media yet.

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dmix 194 days ago
> ehh, timezones handles just with some basic parsing logic...

I hope so. In my experience it's never that simple with dynamic data. Even with predictable data timezones cause issues. You're putting a lot of value in order in your visualizations.

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