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The 5 laws of API dates and times

Terrence Dorsey26-Mar-13 13:23

Terrence Dorsey

26-Mar-13 13:23

API UX[^]:
Let’s say you’re building your first API. Be it public, private, or some hybrid thereof, don’t be surprised if your first defect is date/time-related. Do not underestimate how much trouble you can get into when it comes to handling date and times. Here are some tips which might keep you out of this potential future.

At the tone, it will be ISO-8601 o'clock.

Re: The 5 laws of API dates and times

peterchen27-Mar-13 0:35

peterchen

27-Mar-13 0:35

I would definitely add: store UTC and UTC offset. [^]

This allows to regenerate the local time at origin ("it happened 12:00 their wall clock") and the local time at the receiver ("it happened when we switched to a new server").

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