Clock settings

Phineus · **Joined:** Tue Feb 02, 1999 7:00 pm **Posts:** 23

I've encountered problems with this before and it's always been tricky to figure out, but I think I have it right, this time. Right now, all times are set to EST to account for daylight savings (GMT-6). I don't know what that'll mean come the fall, but we'll see then. Please just update your profile for your own time zone and it "should" be fine from here on out. Sorry for the confusion, but I was, uh, confused.

p.s.. The new post indicators should also work from this point on as well ;-)

p.p.s. On second thought, I'm still not completely satisfied. Please bear with me while I sort it out.

My reference: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ucs/linux/time.html

Drive2Survive · **Posted:** Sat May 17, 2003 2:51 am

Ooh, per-user message timestamping, nice. I gotta try this out.

Ok, just in case you need some feedback:

My computer clock is set to GMT +10 hours, and shows the time correctly at 3:51pm

I set my time zone to GMT +10 hours in my profile, and the board is telling me my message was posted at 5:51pm. Oop.

Phineus · **Joined:** Tue Feb 02, 1999 7:00 pm **Posts:** 23

> I set my time zone to GMT +10 hours in my profile, and the board is telling me my message was posted at 5:51pm. Oop.

Did I say I was not completely satisfied? Phin's tech talk coming up (skip it if you prefer):

Quote:

Here's the deal. I set the server time to GMT-0 according to any time server I could find. But the forum does not account for differences between the hardware clock and the system clock, nor does it compensate for daylight savings time. This means I had to synchronize the system and hardware clocks. The problem with that is now the main mtm bbs and anything else on the server that depends on the system clock (ie everything) is out of whack. Add to that, if you don't use daylight savings, and you're on the other side of the planet, that might easily explain the two hours. My problem has been trying to decipher the unix operating system and the new forum code to see what was going on. I've posted a request to help get this fixed. In the meantime...

For now, the solution would be to use GMT+8. Not perfect but at least the times will be in sync with your computer clock.

Phineus · **Joined:** Tue Feb 02, 1999 7:00 pm **Posts:** 23

Try it now.

Drive2Survive · **Posted:** Sun May 18, 2003 4:26 am

>> Try it now

GMT +10
My time: 4:47pm.
Board sez: 6:47pm.
Your last post: Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject: It's 3:30

>> For now, the solution would be to use GMT+8. Not perfect

Yer right,

GMT +8
My time: 4:57pm
Board sez: 4:57pm
Your last post: Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject: It's 3:30

I'm well aware of the strife that daylight savings, coupled with the other-side-of-the-world thing, would be causing here. Thought you could use some input into how your present settings would look on a computer in a different timezone far, far away.

Silly idea: let's use NET instead.

Edit. HTML doesn't seem to work, even though I have it enabled...

Phineus · **Joined:** Tue Feb 02, 1999 7:00 pm **Posts:** 23

> Thought you could use some input into how your present settings

I appreciate it. And, actually, you pushed me to find a better solution than I had before. The standard programs were nearly impossible because of arcane command options. Eventually, I landed on the correct utility and now we're probably as good as it can get. (I wanted server time to be EST, but had to settle for CST - because that's where it's hosted).

> let's use NET instead.

It's a good idea, but the forum scripts aren't equipped.

> HTML doesn't seem to work, even though I have it enabled..

Speaking of not equipped, the forum has very rigid html restrictions. A medium term project will be to loosen things up.

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