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  • Displayed uptimes jump forward/backward with daylight saving time

    From Deuce@1:103/705 to Rob Swindell on Tue Mar 17 18:03:54 2026
    Re: Displayed uptimes jump forward/backward with daylight saving time
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Mar 13 2026 05:57 am

    I thought more about this issue and the return value of `time()` should normally jump forward or backward on DST since it's based on UTC/GMT (where

    Missing not?
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Deuce on Tue Mar 17 23:53:46 2026
    Re: Displayed uptimes jump forward/backward with daylight saving time
    By: Deuce to Rob Swindell on Tue Mar 17 2026 06:03 pm

    Re: Displayed uptimes jump forward/backward with daylight saving time
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Mar 13 2026 05:57 am

    I thought more about this issue and the return value of `time()` should normally jump forward or backward on DST since it's based on UTC/GMT (where

    Missing not?

    Yup, as I often do. time() should normally *not* jump forward or backward on DST.
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