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I find the difference is when I am signed in vs. not signed in.
When not...the posts read four hours earlier than when I am signed in.
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Thread: Perplexing time stamps on forum
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03-29-2010, 02:21 AM #1
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Perplexing time stamps on forum
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Since I joined this forum last year, I've been a little perplexed at the time stamps on posts. For example, my own posts at first have the "right" time stamp (Eastern) and a few hours later it changes. That actually isn't a surprise - I would expect it to "update" to Pacific time zone - but the change is generally far more than 3 hours.
Just curious as to what might be going on - has anyone else paid attention to this? Sometimes a forum such as this has account time zone settings but if our accounts here has that available then I've been unable to find it.
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03-29-2010, 02:51 AM #2
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03-29-2010, 04:09 AM #3
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Because when you're signed on, the time displays in whatever time zone you selected in your profile.
When you're not signed in, you see the forum default.Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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03-29-2010, 05:03 AM #4
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That's what I assumed. I just can't figure out why the default if 4 hours off. If TE is in Oregon, I would have pegged the default to be 3 hours off my time.
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
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03-29-2010, 05:13 AM #5
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That's because Zulu is Zulu (GMT) regardless of local corrections for Daylight Savings Time. And the forum has a user-selectable option to automatically update for DST... although I wonder if it actually has all the worldwide DST settings in the software, or if it's only for the USA.
I had to logout to see it - but forum default is GMT-8 (Pacific Standard Time). Right now you and I are on Eastern Daylight Time, GMT-4.Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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03-29-2010, 07:25 AM #6
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Ok, this makes perfect sense. I am generally signed in at home but not at work - so it could be that I hadn't realized when this happened. I just couldn't figure out why it would be 4 hours
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03-29-2010, 05:46 PM #7
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and then there are those of us who function on a 24 hour system and spend our lives translating to and from that system to standard time, daylight savings time and time in any one of about 7 time zones that people write from.
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