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Yahya
11-01-2004, 07:00 PM
Jeremiah - The time on the forums is still on Daylight Savings Time! :)
angelisis
11-01-2004, 07:25 PM
we went forward an hour here in Oz...the time is spot on....are you sure you picked the right time zone when you sighned up?
Yahya
11-01-2004, 08:11 PM
Yes, it was fine before the weekend. In the U.S., we set the clocks back one hour over the weekend.

At 2 A.M. Sunday morning, you set the clocks back to 1 A.M. Now, it is 8:11 PM (20:11), and this post will say 9:11 (21:11) on my screen, without any changes by me! :confused:
Yahya
11-01-2004, 08:14 PM
That's queer. I posted that last one, and then checked it. It did, in fact, say 9:11.

I then went to the User CP to remove my avatar (got sick of that fly, need custom ones!) and came back. All fixed! Huh?
angelisis
11-01-2004, 10:20 PM
oh well there ya go then....all fixed
Yahya
11-01-2004, 10:22 PM
yup. maybe I'm just out of my mind. :D
NeilV
11-02-2004, 04:22 AM
I had to go in and change a setting in my user CP before it changed but at least it did :eek:
Keith
11-02-2004, 10:01 AM
we went forward an hour here in Oz...the time is spot on....are you sure you picked the right time zone when you sighned up?Many clocks, computers, and message boards account for that by either offering two time settings for the Central U.S. time zone, one for daylight savings and one for standard time, or they will automatically change the time when the change occurs. Evidently TM's board doesnt do it automatically.

You can fix it by changing the time zone selection, as some have done, to mountain time, which is one hour earlier than the central time zone.

In some areas of the midwest like Michigan, they are always one hour ahead of central time beit daylight or standard time. They used never change time in the spring so at least part of the year they were on the same hour as the rest of the midwest. Then they changed their law and they are now always one hour ahead of the rest of the midwest.

Details about daylight savings time (http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/).
Yahya
11-02-2004, 09:30 PM
Wow, Keith. That was more info than I ever wanted to know about DST! Interesting to know that it is about conserving energy though. I never kew that.