Arnie Eaton Posted January 27, 2003 Posted January 27, 2003 Is it just me or is the date/time off some. I've seen recent posts that have the 28th day showing. The time, I thought, was GMT+7 hours, which is either MT or Western time. Someone from Fl shows the 28th. This post is being posted at 0320PM on the 27th. Quote
capt jake Posted January 27, 2003 Posted January 27, 2003 Arnie, didn't you hear??? There is a time warp in Montana. Somewhere near Hamilton I think! :D :shock: :shock: Quote
Derek Posted January 27, 2003 Posted January 27, 2003 time warp in Montana It's just a step to the left... And a jump to the right.... Quote
Frank Hagan Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 My fault, I think. I can't remember the + / - sign thing with the GMT. Atlanta (where the server is) is in the Eastern time zone of the US. What is the offset to GMT? I think it is -7 hours. Pacific time is -10 hours. Right? Quote
Arnie Eaton Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 Frank, the sun comes up in the east so it should be GMT minus seven hours. In other words, it is yet to come. You have set up a positive number which would have the sun coming up in the west. I would get up from bed now but haven't been there yet. Getting as confused as Jake. Quote
Frank Hagan Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 Frank' date=' the sun comes up in the east so it should be GMT minus seven hours. In other words, it is yet to come. You have set up a positive number which would have the sun coming up in the west. I would get up from bed now but haven't been there yet. Getting as confused as Jake.[/quote']I reallly have to quit hanging out with these sales guys. There is no way I can function like a kid anymore. Where's Konrad; he can still do this stuff. (OK, I thought my limit was one cigar and two scotches, and now I'm thinking it one cigar and ONE scotch, or maybe less pizza or something.) Quote
Bill Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 I think we are -5 right now on the East coast. There are a few places in the USA that don't follow the rules...Indiana has one of them.(I can't remember why...) Bill Quote
Russ Sylvester Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 Bill is correct. East coast US is GMT -5 hours. Quote
T. Nelson Surbrook Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 For various reasons GMT is now refered to as Universal Coordinated Time or UCT and identified as Z transmitted as "ZULU". This is of course in 24 hour format. Is this confusing enough? Quote
Frank Hagan Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 Bill is correct. East coast US is GMT -5 hours. OK, I have it GMT -8 hours right now; I'll change it to -5 because the server is in the eastern time zone of the US. That will help me coordinate any error messages with the updates from my host (slammer worms, indeed). Quote
Arnie Eaton Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 Frank, at the time you made your last post you had the time set up as +7, not -8. Yes the time should be set to -5 hrs. Quote
Levi Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 I'll take one of my wrist watches off now... Levi Quote
Frank Hagan Posted January 29, 2003 Posted January 29, 2003 Frank' date=' at the time you made your last post you had the time set up as +7, not -8. Yes the time should be set to -5 hrs.[/quote']Well, its now set for GMT -5 in my main configuration screen, but I see on the bottom of the page it is still recorded as GMT -8. I'm thinking there might be another configuration item somewhere, but I'll have to find it after I get home tomorrow. Quote
Arnie Eaton Posted January 29, 2003 Author Posted January 29, 2003 Frank, At the top of your last post you show the date/time as "Weds Jan 29 2003 11:36am" Still showing a +7 at the bottom of the thread. :roll: Quote
Frank Hagan Posted January 30, 2003 Posted January 30, 2003 Frank' date=' At the top of your last post you show the date/time as "Weds Jan 29 2003 11:36am" Still showing a +7 at the bottom of the thread. :roll:[/quote']Check your profile ... there's a setting for GMT time offset. Yours must be set to GMT +7. Mine was set to GMT -8, which "stuck" that way even when I changed the forum's internal time to GMT -5. I now have both the internal setting at GMT -5 and my Profile setting to GMT -5, so it makes a lot more sense. Quote
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