Anyone who has built software has faced the decision of whether to store timestamps as 1738756800 or as 2026-02-05T12:00:00Z. While this choice may seem minor, it significantly impacts performance, debugging, interoperability, and long-term maintainability. This post examines both formats, compares their advantages and disadvantages, and provides practical guidance on when to use each. Unix Time…
Understanding the difference between timestamp and timestamptz in PostgreSQL is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make when designing a database schema. Choose wrong, and you’ll spend months debugging bizarre time-related bugs that only surface when your users span multiple time zones. This guide breaks down everything you need to know—storage behavior, conversion rules,…
Have you ever set up a meeting and someone that living abroad does not join at time? Or looked at a log file and struggled to figure out when an error happened? In our connected world, time mix-ups are more than just annoying—they can cause software problems, disrupt business, and lead to real issues. The…
In modern software development, working with dates and times across different geographical locations is a common but infamously complex requirement. If not handled appropriately, the minute details of time zones, Daylight Saving Time (DST), and the difference between a particular moment in time and a “wall clock” reading can result in perplexing bugs, inaccurate data,…