[AusNOG] Q about time zones especially UTC

[Martin Barry]

$quoted_author = "Alex Samad - Yieldbroker" ;
> 
> So what do ISP, Tier 1,2 providers (people who operate in multiple time
> zones) use ?

UTC. 

Store timestamps as UTC in as many places as possible, if not everywhere.
You still might hit issues with leap seconds but not daylight savings or
other fun.

Do the translation to local time in the presentation layer of any interface
used by humans.

cheers
Marty