Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums?

Son Goku · 05-29-05, 10:51 AM

I checked, and sure enough the time zone is right, (Mountain standard time), and daylight savings seems set right. However, post times seem about an hour off...

Edit, sure enough it's 9:51, but the post says I posted it at 8:50... Are day light savings not beeing accurately detected by the servers/and applied as it should be?

**MikeC** · 05-29-05, 09:43 PM

Hmm. The time was recorded properly in the following test thread.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51245

jAkUp · 05-29-05, 09:55 PM

Working good here in California

**saturnotaku** · 05-29-05, 10:21 PM

It's an hour off for me, says 9:21 when it's really 10:21. Something has to be off when it records daylight savings time.

fastguy94416 · 05-30-05, 12:15 AM

what time is it
time is correct for me, central here

**MikeC** · 05-30-05, 06:24 AM

I discovered a couple of problems, which actually caused the time (for me) to be displayed correctly (Eastern Time Zone), while the GMT was being displayed as -5.

The first problem was that vBulletin was configured with Eastern Time Zone when it should have been Central. The server is located in Dallas, Texas, which is located in the Central Time Zone.

A second vBulletin option allows daylight savings to be enabled or disabled. It was set to yes (enabled), which is correct for Dallas.

The current time zone offset in Dallas is GMT -5, which will change to GMT -6 when daylight savings time ends on October 30.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=70

The second problem was that in my control panel settings (Edit Options) the DST Correction Option (under the Date & Time options) was set to "DST corrections always off." I changed that setting to "automatically detect DST corrections."

After the corrections, the time at the bottom of the screen after this message was posted reads:

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:24 AM.

**saturnotaku** · 05-30-05, 08:54 AM

There we go. Should be working just fine now. The DST correction setting was off.

05-29-05, 10:51 AM	#1
Son Goku Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,714	Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? I checked, and sure enough the time zone is right, (Mountain standard time), and daylight savings seems set right. However, post times seem about an hour off... Edit, sure enough it's 9:51, but the post says I posted it at 8:50... Are day light savings not beeing accurately detected by the servers/and applied as it should be?

05-29-05, 09:43 PM	#2
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? Hmm. The time was recorded properly in the following test thread. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51245

05-29-05, 09:55 PM	#3
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? Working good here in California __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

05-29-05, 10:21 PM	#4
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? It's an hour off for me, says 9:21 when it's really 10:21. Something has to be off when it records daylight savings time.

05-30-05, 12:15 AM	#5
fastguy94416 The Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 396	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? what time is it time is correct for me, central here __________________ X2 4400+ w/XP90 OCZ 2GB (2x1024) EVGA 7800 GTX DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR Maxtor 120 gig 8 meg cache NEC ND-3540a Toshiba 16x DVD ROM Dell 1905fp Windows XP Pro

05-30-05, 06:24 AM	#6
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? I discovered a couple of problems, which actually caused the time (for me) to be displayed correctly (Eastern Time Zone), while the GMT was being displayed as -5. The first problem was that vBulletin was configured with Eastern Time Zone when it should have been Central. The server is located in Dallas, Texas, which is located in the Central Time Zone. A second vBulletin option allows daylight savings to be enabled or disabled. It was set to yes (enabled), which is correct for Dallas. The current time zone offset in Dallas is GMT -5, which will change to GMT -6 when daylight savings time ends on October 30. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=70 The second problem was that in my control panel settings (Edit Options) the DST Correction Option (under the Date & Time options) was set to "DST corrections always off." I changed that setting to "automatically detect DST corrections." After the corrections, the time at the bottom of the screen after this message was posted reads: All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:24 AM.

05-30-05, 08:54 AM	#7
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	Re: Has anyone else noticed that the time seems off in forums? There we go. Should be working just fine now. The DST correction setting was off.

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