[coding] The Time War, or, Dream Host is a Piece of Shit

It has just come to my attention that Dream Host runs all of their mysql servers in Pacific Time.  On purpose.

I just wrote a 5 page blog entry about how retarded that is, and then realized that people who disagree with me on this are probably too irrational to be convinced.  So...I'm in the market for a new mysql provider.

I shouldn't have to even say this...in fact, no, I'm not going so say it.  Here is what we are going to do.  Go get a piece of paper and write down what time zone you think its acceptable for a server to run in.  Go ahead, I'll wait.






Ok, look at your piece of paper.  It should say UTC, also known colloquially as U to the mother fucking C, because it is the divine, the one and only acceptable time zone for a server on or near planet earth.  I will also accept GPS, and GMT, although calling it GMT might cause nearby nerds to correct you; do so at your own risk.  In fact, maybe you should think of UTC, GPS, and GMT as the holy trinity of time.  If you wrote anything else, get the fuck out of here, you heathen.  Throw your stupid ass time zone in the trash, stop reading my stupid ass blog, and stop clicking on posts that have "[coding]" in the title:  you temporal plebians can go hang out on stack overflow with the other dweebs.

I liked this blog better when I was telling sanitized versions of drunk escapades or whining about girls, but...dream host runs their servers in pacific time.  What the hell are people from the East Coast supposed to do?  They're going to see a time that doesn't match local time, and if they have any sense at all, they'll assume its UTC...but it won't be.  It will be this other time zone that isn't any more or less significant then their own.  Decades later they will gather their grandchildren around the campfile and tell the horror story of the "time zone from nowhere."  And daylight savings?  Lets not even go there.  I just have this unstoppable, inexplicable to tell someone.  Dream Host is not running UTC.  I can't not do it.  I think I might even tell people who aren't programmers.  When I walk into Chipotle for breakfast tomorrow the girl is going to ask me how my day is going and I'm just going to shake my head and say "well, last night I just found out that dream host runs their mysql servers in pacific time."

I'm just going to leave this here:

UTC

[Edit]

• Hostgator runs their servers in CST  (WTF????? thats not even a coastal time zone!)
• justhost.com is MST   (FUCKING HELL)
• ipage.com is EST
• bluehost.com is MST FUCK
• hostmonster.com is...I forget but its not UTC because "we're in Utah."  Dumbasses
• ixwebhosting.com is GMT-5 (which I believe is EST)
•  hostmetro.com is CDT ...if that D stands for daylight I hope they all burn alive
• fatcow.com is EST

And the worst thing is the sales people kept telling me where their servers were located.  "Its because our servers are in Boston."  Who gives a fuck where your servers are?

 Maybe I should just find a hosting server run from the UK so it will be in the right time zone by accident.  Except with my luck they will observe daylight savings time.