# Possible DST issue with local dates in Germany

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556 "2023-03-17T21:08:21Z")
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### Author: ![HaPe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@HaPe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HaPe)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556/1 "2023-03-17T21:08:21Z")

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Regarding the date example in the 3.1.0-beta3 release notes: Maybe Germany is not the best example, because the date conversion is broken there. It should display 17:30 like you wrote, but it actually does display 18:30. It apparently uses the wrong daylight saving time.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556/5 "2023-03-20T12:07:58Z")

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Thanks, this is interesting. Wonder if one of our libraries is out of date? Don’t think DST rules have changed recently though…

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556/6 "2023-03-20T13:13:45Z")

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I reported that in chat too

Originally sent in [general](https://meta.discourse.org/chat/c/-/508)

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Moin

> [@3.1.0.beta3: Search optimizations, Resizable chat drawer, New API scopes, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-0-beta3-search-optimizations-resizable-chat-drawer-new-api-scopes-and-more/258274/1):
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> while users in Germany will see 17:30pm.

Just want to report: no they don't. They see 6:30pm (18:30).

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awesomerobot

hmm I wonder if this is a daylight savings bug 2023-03-01T17:30:00Z

2023-04-01T16:30:00Z

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### Author: ![HaPe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@HaPe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HaPe)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-dst-issue-with-local-dates-in-germany/258556/7 "2023-03-27T20:26:01Z")

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Note that since 2 days Berlin now uses CEST, no longer CET (because of daylight savings). That should be taken into account when trying to reproduce this.