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Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:35 pm
by pythagoras
Rooster wrote:BR wrote:pythagoras wrote:The forum time is still displaying summer time (UTC [DST]).
The 'mod' on
this thread seems to automatically alter the time zone. Not sure if it works on the version of phpBB this forum uses though
The forum is always CET - it's up to you if you like to adjust it to your local time.
Correct BR, it's ok changing for here but quite a few are on strange timezones and it only complicates it more for them
When I log out or use a vpn it's on UTC [DLT].
Sure, I can log on and set 'my setting' to UTC but it makes no sense having a board set by default to UTC [DLT] when it's not summer time in Britain
Why on earth would it be on CET?
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:40 pm
by BR
There is no such thing as UTC [DST]
Do you know where the UAFC servers reside?
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:50 pm
by pythagoras
BR wrote:There is no such thing as UTC [DST]
So why is it displayed at the bottom right of this page :
• All times are UTC [DST]
Hover over [DST] and you get the tooltip 'Daylight Saving Time'
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:56 pm
by BR
pythagoras wrote:BR wrote:There is no such thing as UTC [DST]
So why is it displayed at the bottom right of this page :
• All times are UTC [DST]
It's the internet!
don't tell anyone, but not everything on the web is true!
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:25 pm
by pwrmoore
Mine just says "All times are UTC"
It's actually very simple. The forum doesn't know where you are located in the world and therefore can't automatically set the time zone for you or decide whether DST is in operation or not.
So If you care about having the time stamp correct you should go into the user control panel and set your time zone. Then twice a year you can select or deselect the daylight saving time radio button. If it's too much bother for you don't do it but there is no point in complaining about it.
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:24 pm
by pythagoras
pwrmoore wrote:Mine just says "All times are UTC"
what have you got when you log out pwr?
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:24 am
by pwrmoore
Why would I log out?
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:44 pm
by BR
Bump.
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:43 am
by pwrmoore
and again.
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:02 am
by fermain
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:41 pm
by BR
OK - I've been following this thread religiously since 2007.
Unfortunately it cannot really be relied upon.
I am, apparently, currently operating from South Georgia
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:59 pm
by BaggyTrousers
come mothers & fathers
throughout the land
and don't criticize
what you can't understand
the hands of this clock
are beyond your command
sorry for the minor change Bob
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:10 pm
by Rooster
BR wrote:OK - I've been following this thread religiously since 2007.
Unfortunately it cannot really be relied upon.
I am, apparently, currently operating from South Georgia
Get a flight back home then you eejit
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:52 am
by pwrmoore
It's that time again!
Re: Some do it twice a year
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:36 am
by BR
Will we change back to a UK specific sequence after 2019?