Resources Used by timeanddate.com

Helpful Resources

timeanddate.com wishes to advise that these are resources available online:

• The Time Zone Database The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) functions coordinate the internet’s globally unique identifiers, and are provided by Public Technical Identifiers, an affiliate of ICANN.
• The Calendar FAQ - maintained by Claus Tøndering, an excellent guide to Calendars.
• The CIA World Fact-book.
• Wikipedia.
• Nasa Visible Earth.
• iStockphoto - an online member-generated image and design community.
• GeoNames - global locations database.

These resources have been very useful during the development and maintenance of this site.

People Who Have Helped

• Thousands of people have suggested improvements and provided ideas for the site. Many thanks to everyone who has been supportive and helpful.
• Thanks to everyone who reported errors, daylight saving time (DST) and time zone changes.
• Thanks to those who linked, wrote or told friends about this site.
• Thanks to those who advertise on the site - to keep it alive.
• Thanks for the positive feedback sent to us via email.
• Thanks to everyone else who helped in one way or another.

Software Used Developing the Site

Most of the web pages are created on-the-fly using scripts. We use many different programming languages, as they are each beneficial for the development and maintenance of the site.

• C/C++ (GCC/GNU Compiler Collection)
• PHP
• Javascript
• Perl
• Python

Other Software Used for This Website

• Linux as the primary development platform.
• Apache 2 with PHP as the development web server.
• Nginx as frontend web server.
• Varnish for speeding up web delivery.
• Eclipse - a very powerful IDE.
• Vim - Editor for hackers

The site runs on dedicated servers in multiple locations around the world.