On: Use Timestamps

[snisarenko]

Totally agree with the author here. But I'll go one step further.

Anywhere a time or date is shown, it should also show corresponding time zone.

It's maddening to see a time in any UX and not know what time zone it's in.

And YES, a date shown on its own needs a time zone!

[joshmanders → snisarenko]

Why? Is it pertinent that you know that the thing was posted in CST and not UTC?

Genuinely curious as to why knowing the timezone instead of approximate date matters so much.

[snisarenko → joshmanders]

Even for blogs it might matter if they are talking about breaking news. A timezone can roll a date forward/backwards one day.

I am talking about having a UX date/time standard for all of UX, not just blogs.

There is UX where knowing timezone is critical, ex: when analyzing logs, breaking news etc.

To keep things simple it would be great if everyone agreed to always attach TZ info to any date or time shown.

Furthermore, any blog/article that might not appear important at the time it's posted, might become important DUE to breaking news. So just put timezones everywhere an be done with it :)