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whiteandblackcat
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bananaandchoc1 wrote:

This is odd because I use safari (proof: My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.4, Safari 13.1, No Flash version detected) and for like a week the time was in my local time (BST, British Summer Time) but now it’s back to EST (or whichever timezone it actually is xD). It has never been set to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time (you could also call it UTC)) or BST (yes, Britain has two different time zones for summer and winter, summer is UTC+1 and winter is UTC).
Yep, apparently for a week time zones were ok and now they're not?
Also - daylight savings is normal
bananaandchoc1
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whiteandblackcat wrote:

bananaandchoc1 wrote:

This is odd because I use safari (proof: My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.4, Safari 13.1, No Flash version detected) and for like a week the time was in my local time (BST, British Summer Time) but now it’s back to EST (or whichever timezone it actually is xD). It has never been set to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time (you could also call it UTC)) or BST (yes, Britain has two different time zones for summer and winter, summer is UTC+1 and winter is UTC).
Yep, apparently for a week time zones were ok and now they're not?
Also - daylight savings is normal
Ikr?! So weird xD I support this suggestion though lol

Last edited by bananaandchoc1 (July 6, 2020 12:34:56)

HTML-Fan
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Actually, I don't like this light saving summer time stuff, because it's just confusing when you want to meet someone and you come an hour too early or too late because you haven't changed the time on your clock.
whiteandblackcat
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HTML-Fan wrote:

Actually, I don't like this light saving summer time stuff, because it's just confusing when you want to meet someone and you come an hour too early or too late because you haven't changed the time on your clock.
It's very, very useful in Australia. In parts of australia (not my part, thankfully) the sun can rise at 3am or so, so daylight savings is pretty useful there. Even one hour later helps!
robloxdude10
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Mega support! This would be so useful!
EDIT: Welp, it actually works for me, but in 24hr time. I still support the option to switch between 12hr and 24hr, though.

Last edited by robloxdude10 (July 6, 2020 22:57:24)

BlueNoodle29
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HTML-Fan wrote:

Something that coufused me already way too often is that the time when I posted something seems to be some sort of american time. Probably the time at the MIT. But since I'm from germany, the time is completely wrong, especially in the summer time (yes, in the summer time everything is one hour earlier so it's bright in the evening. Should save power), and that's why I would like to have the option to enter a time zone or getting an automatic time zone depending on the location entered (but for example russia has like 10 different time zones).

Would that be possible? In other forums (the Arduino forum) this option is available, so it's somehow possible.

Maybe you can even choose between 24 hours and 12 hours with am and pm.


I've never actually experienced this myself because I live somewhat near MIT, but I support because I understand how this could be a real pain to most others.
TopicBumper
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Rump.
Maximouse
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Someone recently said that times are in UTC if you're logged out.
CatsUnited
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Maximouse wrote:

Someone recently said that times are in UTC if you're logged out.
Yeah hi
Checked again and my theory holds up for me, using both Chrome and Firefox while logged out
ScratchCat1038
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Support! I'm in PDT (or PST, forgot which it is currently), and it's always weird when a post I made at noon shows up as being made at 3 PM.
MasterofTheBrick
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All the reasons in the op were well stated and backed-up, you have my support.

Last edited by MasterofTheBrick (June 24, 2021 04:25:12)

hiPeeps124816
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You have my support
and my axe
and the support of probably all other people that don't live in the EST time zone
Lavender_lillypad
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Bump
sonic__fan
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Support, I always find it annoying that the times are shown as not my timezone.
Perhaps you could choose your timezone in Account Settings. Perhaps you could also choose whether you want to see 12-hour time format, or 24-hour time format (I have no problem with the 24-hour time format, but I know that some people do).
k7e
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I live in EST, but I'm somewhere else now and it says that all of the posts from a few minutes ago are from yesterday. (It's only 10:12 where I'm at now)
-TwentyFour-
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Support
It is very confusing and my timezone is IST which shows like it's midnight when it's actually morning here lol.
EDIT: It's actually 10:17 according to 24-hour format but it shows 00:47 as I have said midnight in the morning…

Last edited by -TwentyFour- (June 2, 2023 04:48:01)

Adzboy
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Support. I'm in BST right now and it's really annoying not having the time in my local time. If I really wanted to know, I could look it up but that seems like a lot of hassle. I'm all for the 24-hour format, it's much better and what I'm used to.
54387a
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Support because I want all the timestamps to be in PT because I live on the west coast of the US.
Zydrolic
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I could finally have CEST time so my brain doesn't stop to load for 30 years or have to compare fresh post counts
You have my support.
ProfessorThickhead
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Support. It would help so much when I want to know how recent a post was, to know if it's appropriate to try to add to the discussion or if it's half a day old. I live in CEST and it takes like 20 seconds to figure it out in my head, when you add the 24-hour time which I'm not used to, being from the USA. That's 20 seconds in which someone could ninja me!!!

Last edited by ProfessorThickhead (Aug. 21, 2023 19:15:47)

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