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Time zones cause massive calculation bugs

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Software developers creating these apps constantly pull their hair out trying to code around the absolute nightmare that is global time zones. When local municipalities randomly decide to change their standard time rules, every single chart generated in that region has to be retroactively recalculated. A simple municipal decision can literally break an entire app's backend.

Time zones cause massive calculation bugs
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