Did you know that one of the most headache-inducing problems a programmer will face in their career has only existed for barely 130 years? Time as we know it legitimately is a social construct, invented so we can do everything from predicting where a train is to scheduling a hangout with your international office coworkers.

Together we’ll take a wacky adventure through history to learn why timezones are so confusing, why daylight savings time can feel like a form of torture, and why …