time on forum one hour off?

rewebster

I thought it may be a time zone thing---but I think the 'time stamp' on threads is one hour off

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isn't that funny--in the very time I was do this post--it got fixed!!!

Evo

They look ok for me.

rewebster

up until I posted this thread they were reading (on my computer) one hour ahead----I have no explanation for it

Evo

Fleas.

rewebster

oh my----you made me laugh



here, the problem (not you Evo)----

when I'm not logged in, its one hour ahead---when logged in the time is correct--OK, Geeks--what's causing that?

Evo

I would guess that when you log on, you have "correct for daylight savings time" selected in your user options.

Apparently the default option does not correct for DST, so for half the year the time is correct, which is why you have just noticed the time difference.

rewebster

nope-still wrong-didn't help--turned it ("correct for daylight savings time") off, restarted --still the same

deleted all items from internet cache, cookies, and all the index.dat files

still reading wrong time when not logged in to PF--right when logged on


next?

Evo

That's what I said, the time is correct when you are logged in, it's incorrect when you are logged off (default).

You can only select the DST correction option on a registered account.

rewebster

do you mean we're all right when we're logged on, and we don't even know what time it is when we're not?

Evo

When you are logged in, the site sees your preferences and adjusts for them, so if you have the option to compensate for DST selected it will compensate when you log in. When you are not logged in, there is no compensation for DST, so for half the year you would see the correct time when you are logged off and half the year it will be off by an hour. I thought Greg had fixed this once in the past.

Next spring when time changes again, you will see the correct time again when you are logged off. Unless there is a fix for it.

I don't know if members outside the US are affected.

rewebster

One of my 'rules of thumb' is to always blame someone, anyone, else first, too--then figure it out later

Evo

That always works for me.

rewebster

Greg IS gone, right?




(Mexico)

Evo

Yikes, it is today.

Moonbear

That would only make sense if we were still in DST. I don't know what time zone rewebster is in, but it might be more that the default is set for Greg's time zone, or maybe the server time zone, and when you log in, you can set your own time zone.

Evo

No, there is an option to compensate for DST that switches your time back and forth when the time changes.

In user options - "In addition, you may set the appropriate option to allow for daylight savings time in your part of the world." Obviously this is when you log in.

I don't know what Greg has set for the default, apparently the default was correct for rew without being logged in until the time changed.

Moonbear

My point is that such "compensation" is only needed when it IS DST. The entire world is now on standard time, so there's nothing to "compensate" for. Had he asked last week or last month, it would have made perfect sense that it was something not compensating for DST wherever he is.