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Azure SQL Database Now Speaks Local Time. Here's What Broke in My Lab.
Azure SQL Database can now answer in your local time zone (preview). I ran 15 lab scenarios to see where it helps, what breaks, and when UTC still wins.
In this debate, one host defends the post and the other is a fair skeptic who asks what you would ask.
Questions this episode answers
What changed in Azure SQL Database? A public preview lets a database answer in a local time zone instead of UTC, set for the whole database or for one session.
Should I switch an existing database to local time? No. Mixing old UTC rows with new local rows breaks sorting, counts and the "latest order", with no…
The skinny
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