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Consolidate time-zone articles. Add missing description.

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@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ the globe.
of the idiosyncrasies in time keeping can find an explanation in history. of the idiosyncrasies in time keeping can find an explanation in history.
- [You Advocate a Calendar Reform](https://qntm.org/calendar) - Your idea will - [You Advocate a Calendar Reform](https://qntm.org/calendar) - Your idea will
not work. This article tells you why. not work. This article tells you why.
- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones](https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time-zones/) - Has some nice points regarding the edge-cases of DST transitions.
- [So You Want to Abolish Time Zones](https://qntm.org/abolish) - Abolishing - [So You Want to Abolish Time Zones](https://qntm.org/abolish) - Abolishing
timezones may sound like a good idea, but there are quite a few complications timezones may sound like a good idea, but there are quite a few complications
that make it not quite so. that make it not quite so.
@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ the leap second!
Stack Overflow answer about both complicated historical timezones, and how Stack Overflow answer about both complicated historical timezones, and how
historical dates can be re-interpreted by newer versions of software. historical dates can be re-interpreted by newer versions of software.
- [Critical and Significant Dates](https://web.archive.org/web/20150908004245/http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/critdate.htm) - From Y2K to the overflow of 32-bit seconds from unix epoch, a list of special date to watch for depending on the system. - [Critical and Significant Dates](https://web.archive.org/web/20150908004245/http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/critdate.htm) - From Y2K to the overflow of 32-bit seconds from unix epoch, a list of special date to watch for depending on the system.
- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones](https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time-zones/)
## Education ## Education