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TT clock is one hour off the correct time

No the time is not wrong, your personal setting is

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mdfbayern
Has anyone else remarked on the fact that the server for this forum is still on daylight saving time?
Malcolm Spudbury
You can change your timezone, and set daylight savings on or off, in your profile under board settings.
Brummie
is it just me, or is the time wrong again?
raylene
Default guest user gets the non-daylight time, its always been like that.
Only logged in users get the daylight time if they set it up.
Brummie
just me then...

sorted it

cheers
Jeeves
and there was me thinking that the site was deliberately on UK time...
erdbeere
yea i was also wondering if it was set on UK time for some reason
thejarvii
This appears to be happening again.

EDIT: Maybe it's my timezone settings.

EDIT AGAIN: Yup, nevermind, was my daylight savings checkbox that had things messed up.
Editor Bob
The forum times are set on a per member basis rather than per board basis. This is because different members live in different timezones. Bizarre but true. TT is a global phenomenon. Think global, act local! Or is it the otherway around? Anyway...

To reset your times go to your control panel and click board settings.
Marshbot
I got caught out by that too.
It doesn't defualt to Munich time all by it's own, on account of the non-Munichers. You have to go change it yourself. (aaargh! effort!)
Crotaline
Im not sayin Bob isn't doing his job... Im just wondering why are the posts listed as 1 hour ahdead of local (Munich) time?

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interplanetjanet
You need to change your daylight savings setting under the "board settings" in your profile.
Allershausen
I've just noticed that my time shown is one hour out, i.e. still on winter time but when I check the settings I'm on the time for Brussels, Paris etc.(Munich doesn't seem to get a mention, but it's ok I know we're on the same time! biggrin.gif ) Am I stupid (don't all shout YES at once) or could this because I'm on a MAC using Safari (which, let's face it you should all be!) If this answer is simple, as am I, let me know, if it involes using all sorts of strange codes and stuff, don't worry I'll live with it, no different than watching SKY tv! smile.gif
Topsy
have you got the little "DST correction" box ticked?
Allershausen
Well it was, so I unticked it and there was another box which asked me if summertime was in effect which I ticked and now I will see if it worked!
EDIT: Which it didn't 'cos it still says 8:44
Topsy
you might have to log on and log back on, then, or summat
don't listen to me, though, I am rubbish at techie-type stuff...
Allershausen
Now I've unticked them both, so I'll see again.
EDIT: Nope
Allershausen
One more time!
Allershausen
No I've obviously gone back in time, without benefit of a DeLorean as well.
Jeeves
Allershausen, I've never had problems with the time change on this board before. But this time I just can't get it right either, no matter what boxes I check or uncheck or which computer I'm using. It refuses to display the time in summer time. Perhaps these things just happen when you get to our age.
Owain Glyndwr
it took me a bit of fiddling with the settings this year, tickign and unticking boxes, logging out then logging back in and it eventually worked but I can't say how.
Jeeves
Ditto, I've got it sorted now. Took me about 10 minutes of fiddling etc too.
Not that it really matters, at the rate the clock is gaining it would be right in a couple of days anyway.
saschakurz
Sorry if this has already been raised...but why are the post times one hour ahead ?

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saschakurz
or has the clock just not been changed since winter began ?
Kay
Thread merge gives you the answer. rolleyes.gif
Saint
Because you have entered the Twilight Zone wink.gif
BlueSte
Just noticed that the time of posts is an hour out ...

Is that normal or did I have a pointless 'aha-erlebnis'!



...or is it just me ...

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Kay
I think it's just you... rolleyes.gif
Mariposa
You can set your time zone in your profile. TT is by default set to GMT. You will also manually have to change it to/from DST twice a year.
BlueSte
Well isn't that clever ... ta muchly!
ian
Can someone explain it more slowly?
My settings show DST active and on the right timezone. So why is the forum posting time still one hour out?
Editor Bob
Because your DST should not be active.

DST means "Daylight Savings Time", known to Brits more commonly as "British Summer Time".

We're no longer in Daylight Savings Time, that ended a couple of weeks ago. So uncheck the box labelled "Is daylight saving time in effect?" and you should be sorted. I'd also recommend checking the box "Auto correct DST" then you won't need to worry about it again.
ian
That what I meant, The DST option called "Auto correct DST?" is ticked and it has set me at Brussels, Copenhagen GMT +1
Yet still this post will say 19:10 or something. Yet its only 18:10.
Edit: See!
ian
Now the time is an hour ahead on the posts again!
Am I that dim? Have I watched too much Doctor Who? Or is there something fishy going on here?
My settings, as always:

Time shown exactly 1 hour later than on the clocks in my house.
alimess
smoked something maybe ?? ;-)
ian
Perhaps I should. But what time do you make it right now?
alimess
its 20:03... TT TIME
alimess
Ok I am also getting paranoid now!!! must be the asteroid Mars effect!!!
ian
Paranoid is good!
ian
So it doesn't automatically update your location either! Now that is weird!
ian
QUOTE (Allershausen @ Jan 2 2008, 9:08 pm) *
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QUOTE(ian @ Jan 2 2008, 7:47 pm)
Now the time is an hour ahead on the posts again!

According to me I see posts stamped 1 hour later than you do in your above quote. This is what I see:

Compare them
Jonny
Is it just me or has TT not put their clocks forward ? The time seems be an hour behind.

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eurovol
It is just you.
Keydeck
Check that DST is flagged in your settings.
Vivian Mackerrell
Has TT moved to a new time zone?

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blowwavedave
The times were stuffed up for about a week after daylight savings, but they are now correct...maybe if you're in London they could be wrong. On the third stroke, the time will be 3:07 pm...
Vivian Mackerrell
Then why does your post show as being made at 1:07?
georgiagirl
No the time is not wrong, your personal setting is
blowwavedave
QUOTE (Vivian Mackerrell @ May 9 2008, 3:11 pm) *
Sorry, that should be Löndon; it's about 3K's south east of Bad Tölz

Might have something to do with that...
Vivian Mackerrell
Doh!
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