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    Why is this a better answer than the others, included the accepted answer with 76 upvotes? Commented Sep 28, 2012 at 14:28
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    @ErickRobertson: It is simple, out of the box, flexible, no conversions, and most people don't care about time zones. Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 21:02
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    not much point working with times if you dont care about timezones! Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 15:30
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    This IGNORES the timezone completely. Was using this until I realized this was happening, so I switched to JodaTime. Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 1:10
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    Throwing away the time zone will simply result in errors at some point. Commented Mar 2, 2014 at 13:20