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    Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:57
There is an option in profiles to adjust the timestamp to your time.  It is near the bottom of the profile set up. 
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Maybe all timestamps can be converted to the user's time zone by means of a JavaScript method...
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:41
Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I have enough problems working out my local time relative to GMT as it is, (noon arrives at 12:03:54 here), however working out my local time offset from forum time is the same regardless of what the local forum time is.

I guess this was a Day Light Saving issue - what we need to do is synchronise the whole World to switch to DLS on the same day, that way we don't have to adjust the offset four times each year. Better still, scrap it completely.

 
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Points: 12288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:35
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I have enough problems working out my local time relative to GMT as it is, (noon arrives at 12:03:54 here), however working out my local time offset from forum time is the same regardless of what the local forum time is.

I guess this was a Day Light Saving issue - what we need to do is synchronise the whole World to switch to DLS on the same day, that way we don't have to adjust the offset four times each year. Better still, scrap it completely.

 
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Works for me -- always has.Thumbs Up
 
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I have enough problems working out my local time relative to GMT as it is, (noon arrives at 12:03:54 here), however working out my local time offset from forum time is the same regardless of what the local forum time is.

I guess this was a Day Light Saving issue - what we need to do is synchronise the whole World to switch to DLS on the same day, that way we don't have to adjust the offset four times each year. Better still, scrap it completely.
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2008 at 03:04
^Good suggestionBig smile
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As I said, just a suggestion (for an improvement). It seems to me that people world wide are familair with GMT as it is the time zone on which all others are based. People are less familiar with local time zones for other areas.
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Just a suggestion, but would it not be better to set the clock to GMT? Virtually all time zones are shown globally in relation to GMT.
 
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Just a suggestion, but would it not be better to set the clock to GMT? Virtually all time zones are shown globally in relation to GMT.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:26
I've fixed it , and we are now back to EST.

thanks for reporting

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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:11
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:10
Ehh, it works as it is now.

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Why are we now in central time? We used to be eastern time, (US format), now we're in central time in the clock here in PA! I see when the updates to posts have been done, and I'm confused!! Confused
 
(not that it HAS to be eastern standard timer but... hey, let's not fix what wasn't broken...TongueTongueTongue)
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