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In this episode of Elixir Mix, we’re joined by Lau Tornskau, creator of the tzdata library and prolific Elixir open-source contributor, to talk about how to ensure “correctness” of time-related data in Elixir and how Elixir’s standard library has grown to include native support for handling time zones.

Sponsors

• Audible.com
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• CacheFly

Panel

• Alex Koutmos
• Mika Kalathil
• Bruce Tate
• Lars Wikman
• Sophie DeBenedetto

Guest

• Lau Taarnskov

Links

• www.creativedeletion.com
• http://twitter.com/laut
• https://github.com/lau

Picks

Alex Koutmos:

• Dynamically Configure Your Plugs at Run-time
• An IoT Birdhouse with Elixir Nerves & Phoenix LiveView Components

Bruce Tate:

• Why Things Fail, a series on failure with Brian Troutwine and Bruce Tate
• The Problem with Time & Timezones – Computerphile

Sophie DeBenedetto:

• You might not need the Calendar or Timex libraries

Lau Taarnskov:

• We’re hiring – TheRealReal
• Domain Modeling Made Functional by Scott Wlaschin

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