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The T 
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 Topic: The clock...
Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:09 |
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!! 
(not that it HAS to be eastern standard timer but... hey, let's not fix what wasn't broken...  ) |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:10 |
Ehh, it works as it is now. Quit yer complainin' T 
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The T
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Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:11 |
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M@X
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Posted: November 23 2008 at 21:26 |
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I've fixed it , and we are now back to EST.
thanks for reporting
Max
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The T
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Posted: November 24 2008 at 00:20 |
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Easy Livin
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Posted: November 24 2008 at 02:47 |
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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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The T
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Posted: November 24 2008 at 17:47 |
 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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Easy Livin
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 02:58 |
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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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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 03:04 |
^Good suggestion 
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Dean
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 05:57 |
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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What?
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Peter
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 07:31 |
Works for me -- always has. 
You don't want me to be late for work, do you? 
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Atkingani
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:35 |
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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Dean
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:41 |
Atkingani wrote:
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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I don't see why not - If you put your clocks forward when we out ours back and vice versa  
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someone_else
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:53 |
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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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rushfan4
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 09:57 |
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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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