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12th Jun 2017, 11:45 am | #1 |
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GMT Error
I thought I saw something about the GMT error sometime ago but can't find it or I was mistaken.
I have (in my settings) set the time zone to +9h 30 min for my region but the board continually reports it as +9h. |
12th Jun 2017, 1:53 pm | #2 |
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Re: GMT Error
An interesting one for Paul, I have tried a couple of half hour and 45 min offsets in the selection and they ignore the offset.
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12th Jun 2017, 2:04 pm | #3 |
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Re: GMT Error
At a guess, the forum software doesn't report the half hour. Australia is quite unusual in having time zones which aren't UTC/GMT +- an exact number of hours, though as Frank suggests, it's not alone in this.
Is the forum translating post times correctly? I see this post as timed at 2:04pm BST (GMT+1). |
12th Jun 2017, 2:23 pm | #4 |
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Re: GMT Error
If I set GMT plus 9h 30m, I get times (including those of posts) 10 hours ahead of GMT - which may, of course, be GMT plus 9h plus DST, as I didn't unset automatic DST. It appears, therefore that the forum software isn't implementing the part-hour offsets offered in the menu, as Frank says.
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13th Jun 2017, 4:34 am | #5 |
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Re: GMT Error
I don't think it is translating post times correctly, but will check as soon as I post this and edit it.
Terry EDIT - No, not translating post times correctly, is 30 mins behind actual (mine) posting time. |
13th Jun 2017, 9:01 am | #6 |
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Re: GMT Error
The vBulletin version we use here is old and only gets security and compatibility updates from the publishers now. This does sound like a software bug but I doubt it will ever get fixed, unfortunately.
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13th Jun 2017, 9:15 am | #7 |
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Re: GMT Error
The forum software works really well, appreciate there will be an odd anomaly but it's easy to use and reliable.
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13th Jun 2017, 10:39 am | #9 |
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Re: GMT Error
Yes indeed let us stick with what works very well.
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14th Jun 2017, 3:13 am | #10 | |
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Re: GMT Error
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I was just a little concerned the problem may have been at my end (and I agree with everybodies comment of sticking with the current version). This thread can be closed now thankyou Mods. Terry |
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