I have a few places in the code where I need to use the TimeZone. I can get the timezone name using DateTime::TimeZone. Is it reasonable to put the timezone name in a constant? Or should it be in a variable?
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I have a few places in the code where I need to use the TimeZone. I can get the timezone name using DateTime::TimeZone. Is it reasonable to put the timezone name in a constant? Or should it be in a variable?
If the value can change, use a variable, of it is guaranteed to stay the same, use a constant.
For a timezone, the chance it will change is not big, but it is also not 0. The user can change the timezone and it would be nice if the program behaves accordingly.