Forum time? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

McMurdo · 27th Nov 2020, 12:01 pm

Don't know if its me or the forum but posts are appearing with the time of post marked at an hour ahead of the actual time.

Cobaltblue · 27th Nov 2020, 12:04 pm

Unless you made this post at 10:01 its showing correctly for me at 11:01

Cheers

Mike T

Dave Moll · 27th Nov 2020, 12:09 pm

It's probably worth checking in your profile what time zone you have set. If you're set to Central European Time (or whatever it's called) you will be one hour ahead.

paulsherwin · 27th Nov 2020, 2:05 pm

The forum operates internally on GMT and adjusts what you see according to your local time zone as stated in your profile.

Paul Stenning · 28th Nov 2020, 12:44 pm

User CP - Edit Options.

Scroll down to the date and time part, make sure it is set to GMT and to detect DST.

Radio_Dave · 28th Nov 2020, 12:54 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Don't know if its me or the forum but posts are appearing with the time of post marked at an hour ahead of the actual time.

It does it to me if I'm logged out for some reason?

Regards
David

Paul Stenning · 29th Nov 2020, 10:01 am

If you are logged out it follows the software default. That was GMT+1 but I have changed it to GMT, which will be wrong in the summer but at least makes sense.

Jon_G4MDC · 29th Nov 2020, 3:33 pm

This was bothering me recently until I discovered that the device I was using was not actually logged in as me. It corrected itself after I logged in.

I was going to post about it but discovered just in time that it was a self inflicted problem. That won't be true in every case but at least be warned - it happens as mentioned in Post #6 above.

paulsherwin · 29th Nov 2020, 3:42 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Stenning

If you are logged out it follows the software default. That was GMT+1 but I have changed it to GMT, which will be wrong in the summer but at least makes sense.

You could write a little script to set GMT/BST as appropriate, but it's probably not worth bothering about.

Dave Moll · 29th Nov 2020, 5:37 pm

At least if the default is GMT, that is equivalent to Universal Time (UT), which is an international standard used in some circumstances (where time zones are inappropriate).

Paul Stenning · 29th Nov 2020, 11:29 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulsherwin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Stenning

If you are logged out it follows the software default. That was GMT+1 but I have changed it to GMT, which will be wrong in the summer but at least makes sense.

You could write a little script to set GMT/BST as appropriate, but it's probably not worth bothering about.

The BST option for non-logged-in users is supposed to do that but it doesn't work for some reason. It does work correctly when logged in though, which is more important.

27th Nov 2020, 12:01 pm	#1
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27th Nov 2020, 12:04 pm	#2
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,857	Re: forum time? Unless you made this post at 10:01 its showing correctly for me at 11:01 Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

27th Nov 2020, 12:09 pm	#3
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,127	Re: forum time? It's probably worth checking in your profile what time zone you have set. If you're set to Central European Time (or whatever it's called) you will be one hour ahead. __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)

27th Nov 2020, 2:05 pm	#4
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,934	Re: Forum time? The forum operates internally on GMT and adjusts what you see according to your local time zone as stated in your profile.

28th Nov 2020, 12:44 pm	#5
Paul Stenning Administrator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cardiff Posts: 9,071	Re: Forum time? User CP - Edit Options. Scroll down to the date and time part, make sure it is set to GMT and to detect DST. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Paul Stenning Forum Admin/Owner and BVWS Webmaster

29th Nov 2020, 10:01 am	#7
Paul Stenning Administrator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cardiff Posts: 9,071	Re: Forum time? If you are logged out it follows the software default. That was GMT+1 but I have changed it to GMT, which will be wrong in the summer but at least makes sense. __________________ Paul Stenning Forum Admin/Owner and BVWS Webmaster

29th Nov 2020, 3:33 pm	#8
Jon_G4MDC Nonode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 2,015	Re: Forum time? This was bothering me recently until I discovered that the device I was using was not actually logged in as me. It corrected itself after I logged in. I was going to post about it but discovered just in time that it was a self inflicted problem. That won't be true in every case but at least be warned - it happens as mentioned in Post #6 above.

29th Nov 2020, 5:37 pm	#10
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,127	Re: Forum time? At least if the default is GMT, that is equivalent to Universal Time (UT), which is an international standard used in some circumstances (where time zones are inappropriate). __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)