Forumtime

[ogetbilo]

I think the forum time is wrong.
I set my location at gmt-5 (newyork), and it shows the time 8pm. actually it is 7am right now.
can you please correct this?

Thanks:)

this is a great site btw:)

[JonR]

I just figured that FC2 had included a time-warp module... ;)

[Jman]

I also notice this.

Must be the difference between local time and GMT. Makes time zones even more confusing.

Oh, well, my panel has a clock.

[ewdi]

the time is GMT time :p (using local server time)

[bradthemad]

This page reads:

All times are GMT -5 hours. The time now is 05:14 AM.

...and the latest posts are dated June 10. I'm in Eastern Daylight Time, where it is currently 4:14PM on June 9.

If I change my profile to use GMT instead of GMT -5, it tells me:

The time now is 10:14 AM

...and the latest posts are still dated June 10. This is also the time and date given when not logged in at all. It is actually 9:14PM on June 9 in Greenwich.

There is no profile setting available to make up for the forum being 13 hours fast, so I don't see any way of having either GMT or my local timezone accurately represented.

[Jman]

As a temporary solution, add 11 to your current GMT offset. I'm central, -6, so now I am +5.

I now share a time zone with Islamabad. :D

[Jman]

Hmm, now I'm at GMT +7 with the forum upgrade. Must be something to do with the automatic daylight savings time (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1001). So are we at an offset of +13, or is it -11? :confused:

Oh well, just mess with it until the forum time matches your panel clock. :p

[Ug]

it appears that according to the forum clock, i'm in tommorrow. hmm - time to fiddle methinks.

[ilja]

Cool, it shows CET for me :D

[crackers]

Geez - I've got "All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:37 AM" - I know that's totally off because I'm not alive, much less awake at that ungodly hour!

[mark]

Geez - I've got "All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:37 AM" - I know that's totally off because I'm not alive, much less awake at that ungodly hour! Must be nice - I don't seem to be able to sleep in any more. One of the consequences of regularly being at work at 5:30AM local, I guess...

Just a couple of minutes ago, I copied this from the Forums page:

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:17 AM.

Hmm - I'm actually on Zulu -8 (Pacific Standard Time, Daylight Saving Time), so it should have been 08:17 PM . I know I need a head start to keep up with the fast crowd around here, but this much? ;)

[sdrubble]

Hmmm . . . seems that after a couple of weeks nothing has changed this side of Greenwich.

I solved my particular time problem by moving from Brasilia to Tokyo. So I compensate a 12-hour advancement for the forum's 12-hour lateness.

My side has been satisfactorily workarounded, but . . . don't you admin guys find this issue a bit - uh, well, uh - shameful ? :o :o :o

cheers

sdrubble

[cyborg]

The AM and PM are mixed up! It says i posted this at 1 am, its pm, i think!

[Ug]

Hmmm . . . seems that after a couple of weeks nothing has changed this side of Greenwich.

I solved my particular time problem by moving from Brasilia to Tokyo. So I compensate a 12-hour advancement for the forum's 12-hour lateness.

My side has been satisfactorily workarounded, but . . . don't you admin guys find this issue a bit - uh, well, uh - shameful ? :o :o :o

cheers

sdrubble
Ewdi said he didn't want to solve the problem because it could affect the post database in some way. If it really is too much of a problem then i'm sure we could implement the change.

[sdrubble]

Hi Ug,

Ewdi said he didn't want to solve the problem because it could affect the post database in some way.

I might be wrong on what follows, but many OSes and DB sytems have two layers for time management. Lowest-level one can't [or shouldn't] be tinkered with, while the highest one is a mere presentation layer which can be changed at will.

In this case, what we users get to see is the presentation layer, while most or all of date/time values stored in system are tied to that other 'system' time layer which remain unnafeccted by any changes on the 'surface' layer.

Of course, establishing if this is the case of this forum or not would be up to you admins. Above is just my 2 'BR centavos' worth. ;)

If it really is too much of a problem then i'm sure we could implement the change.

As I said below, my workaround is in place and I can leave peacefully with that. But I suppose, since you guys intend to go after linuxquestion's million-post mark, that you'll wish to have this cleaned up before getting there . . . :D

[Ned]

Come on guys - surely you can sort this out. I live in GMT, not in New Zealand :rolleyes:

Ned

[ewdi]

if we make changes to the time now, th eposts that already been made will be pull backwards and the order of posts will be messed up, let's say someone post aftre this post, it will appear on top of your post instead below mine

[micha]

I guess the solution is to change the time setting and stop the server for a time necessary.

[ewdi]

that means over 8 hours :p

[micha]

during the night between sunday and monday would be a good time to do it, and when it's done, it's done...

[Jman]

Who's night? These are global forums, remember.

Gah, time zones are confusing! Maybe we should consider Internet time (http://www.swatch.com/internettime/home.php). (You can actually get this on your desktop. Right click Gnome clock, Preferences, Clock Type, Internet time. According to it right now is @58.)

[ewdi]

:p lol, just stick this way :p

[cathal]

its now @811. I think we should all work this way... :) :) :)

[JonR]

Go for it! Stop the server for a few hours while the real world catches up...

[ewdi]

welli set it up according to Japan time +0900 GMT so we wont be playing catch up with the database post date :)

[ewdi]

Okay, go to your UserCP and go to your User Options, choose your location's timezone, ti should be displaying correct time now :0

[ewdi]

well, i manually went into the database and change the date of posts that are wayyy ahead of the real time :) so the time is corrected now.

[micha]

It works for me. Thanks a lot :)

[Ned]

Okay, go to your UserCP and go to your User Options, choose your location's timezone, ti should be displaying correct time now :0

Thank you :)

works great.

Ned