Please see attached patch. On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM Ee Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:
> PyCon US is an annual gathering for the community using and developing the > open-source Python programming language. > > PyCon US has been held in-person and on-location from 2003 to present with > exception for 2020 and 2021 in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. > After an initial three year stint in Washington, D.C. USA PyCon US has been > hosted in cities across North America in two-year "cycles". > > PyCon US makes extensive use of software across an annoying number of > online and offline systems. These include GNU/Linux servers, PostgreSQL > databases, all web browsers, a mobile application, Raspberry Pis, iPads, > Zebra printers, printed materials, and human brain matter. These systems > persist year-over-year while our timezone does not. This timezone is > proposed to provide a durable solution for ensuring agreement between these > systems. > > After over a decade dealing with these concerns, establishment of this > timezone will benefit me directly, as well as those who proceed me by > reducing churn in our codebases, and entirely obliviate the need to think > during stressful periods of conference planning. It will also benefit my > co-workers and those who follow them by dissolving an unnecessary cognitive > burden when editing records in our systems, communicating deadlines and > schedules, and working with one another remotely. It will also benefit > attendees in reasoning about these matters. > > PyCon US Time is defined to be the local time of the city currently > hosting the conference. PyCon US Time transitions at the time that last > attendee (Larry Hastings, most often) departs the Development Sprints. We > are actively working to improve the historic times for this departure, but > estimate 8pm local time for years which have not yet been fully verified. > > Transitions > =========== > > 2003-02-13 First Annual PyCon announced > - Reference: https://www.python.org/psf/press-release/pr20030213/ > - Location: Washington DC, USA, -5:00 > 2005-03-25 PyCon US Washington concludes > - New Location: Dallas, TX, USA, -6:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2007-03-01 PyCon US Dallas concludes > - New Location: Chicago, IL, USA, -6:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2009-04-02 PyCon US Chicago concludes > - New Location: Atlanta, GA, USA, -5:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2011-03-17 PyCon US Atlanta concludes > - New Location: Santa Clara, CA, USA, -8:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2013-03-21 PyCon US Santa Clara concludes > - New Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada, -5:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2015-04-16 PyCon US Montréal concludes > - New Location: Portland OR, USA, -8:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2015-04-16 PyCon US Portland concludes > - New Location: Cleveland, OH, USA, -5:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: 7:59pm local time > 2015-04-16 PyCon US Cleveland concludes > - New Location: Worldwide, 0:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > - Reference: https://x.com/pycon/status/1126637785455185920 > - Note: After PyCon US 2019, the planned conference cycle > in Pittsburgh, PA, USA was undertaken on-line for 2020/2021. > 2021-10-12 PyCon US Salt Lake City Launched > - New Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA, -7:00 > - Reference: > https://pycon.blogspot.com/2021/10/pycon-us-2022-website-and-sponsorship.html > 2023-04-27 PyCon US Salt Lake City concludes > - New Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA, -5:00 > - Last Attendee Departure: Unconfirmed > 2025-05-22 PyCon US Pittsburgh concludes (Estimated) > - New Location: Long Beach, CA, USA, -8:00 > > While I appreciate and understand that this submission may appear to be a > gag/joke, I am sincere in this request and humbly request that it be > considered with sincerity in kind. > > -Ee Durbin > Director of Infrastructure > Python Software Foundation >
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