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		bobbylarrybobby on Nov 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: datetime.utcnow() is now deprecated But UTC “times” aren't times at all. They're durations (since midnight Jan 1, 1970 in Greenwich), so they don't need a time zone.

Hamuko on Nov 19, 2023 | [–]

Are you thinking of Unix time?

SpaghettiCthulu on Nov 19, 2023 | [–]

Well then maybe they should store the epoch alongside the duration value too! Wouldn't want to get confused thinking it was duration since some other epoch!

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