EMx 108: What Time Is It? Dealing with Date, Time and Timezones in Elixir with Lau Taarnskov

<p>In this episode of Elixir Mix, we&rsquo;re joined by Lau Tornskau, creator of the tzdata library and prolific Elixir open-source contributor, to talk about how to ensure &ldquo;correctness&rdquo; of time-related data in Elixir and how Elixir&rsquo;s standard library has grown to include native support for handling time zones.</p> <h3><strong>Sponsors</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.audibletrack.com/click.track?CID=102175&amp;AFID=475401&amp;ADID=454213&amp;SID=%27%3E">Audible.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://grox.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cachefly.com/">CacheFly</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Panel</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Alex Koutmos</li> <li>Mika Kalathil</li> <li>Bruce Tate</li> <li>Lars Wikman</li> <li>Sophie DeBenedetto</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Guest</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Lau Taarnskov</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Links</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.creativedeletion.com/">www.creativedeletion.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/laut">http://twitter.com/laut</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lau">https://github.com/lau</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Picks</strong></h3> <p><strong>Alex Koutmos:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://akoutmos.com/post/plug-runtime-config/">Dynamically Configure Your Plugs at Run-time</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/dasky/an-iot-birdhouse-with-elixir-nerves-phoenix-liveview-components-5cb2">An IoT Birdhouse with Elixir Nerves &amp; Phoenix LiveView Components</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Bruce Tate:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/youtube.com/c/groxio">Why Things Fail, a series on failure with Brian Troutwine and Bruce Tate</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem with Time &amp; Timezones &ndash; Computerphile</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sophie DeBenedetto</strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="htt