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[FrankRuperto]

Um I think I mentioned this couple years ago. Do we have to change time zone in UA control panel so my posts show the correct timestamps? My TZ is currently Eastern -5 GMT.

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[cheekybuddha]

Hi Frank, I don't think the DST works very well on this site.

I had to make a manual change a couple of week's ago to correct the timestamps on UA after our clocks changed in the UK.

[wheeledgoat]

Apologies in advance for coming off as an entitled american that's only crossed the pond once, but the UK does DST too? I thought that was just a dumb American thing! I was hoping to see us get away from this in my lifetime. Do you hate it as much as we do?

[jleach]

Some places do it by 30 minutes. Even one that does it by 15/45 minute changes. Imagine that?

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-interesting.html

(that said, yes, UA does have some issues with this... we're aware but not expecting a fix in the immediate future, sorry)

[FrankRuperto]

@cheekybuddha

So if I uncheck"Adjust for DST" in UA, the post timestamps would still be plus one hour local time for USA timezones when DST changes to standard time?

I would have thought that the UA app knows the IP address of each logged in user and displays the appropiate times according to the geolocation of the IP address.

Perhaps the best approach would be to display universal time (GMT) timestamps like the military uses?

@wheeledgoat

There has been talk of discontinuing DST in the United States, primarily because it would save energy, and eliminating the need to adjust timekeeping devices that do not automatically adjust. Some places have already discontinued DST. In places like Puerto Rico, which is 18 degrees above the equator, there's not as much variation in sunrise and sunset times, thus Puerto Rico never implemented DST. However the closer you are to the north or south poles, the sun stays up a lot longer or shorter depending on the time of year. I am a minimalist, simplicity equates to less stress, so I vote for eliminating DST, coin currency, and Microsoft providing less versions that actually work.
This post has been edited by FrankRuperto: Nov 5 2019, 10:56 AM

[cheekybuddha]

>> I would have thought that the UA app knows ... <<

Probably a very dangerous thing to assume anything of this forum's software!!

Actually, IIRC, I found I had already set my timezone to mainland Europe to deal with the problem since the last time change as adjusting the DST checkbox wasn't having the correct effect, and now I have just switched it back to London.

@wheeledgoat, I don't mind DST at this time of year since I get an extra hour in bed!

It's when it changes again in Spring that I don't like it!!

It's always been around my whole life so it doesn't really bother me; I guess it made sense when there was a more traditional 9-5 working day (or 5am - 3pm) for the farmers, but in this day and age where working hours are more flexible I think it would be easier just to go into work earlier and finish earlier and leave the clocks constant.

It would definitely make a programmer's life easier!!

[jleach]

>> a programmer's life <<

ISO-8601, all the way. Always UTC if you're hardcore