NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute [Xoops Bug Reports]

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NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 20:33
Dave_L
XOOPS is my life!
Posts: 2277
Since: 2003/11/7

The user time zone selections are labelled as specific time zones relative to GMT: GMT, GMT+1, GMT-1, etc. But the value selected is apparently used as an offset to the server's time, not to GMT.

So if the server is running on GMT-8, and I want to see topic/post times displayed in GMT-5, then I would need to select the zone GMT+3 (which is confusing).

I think it would be clearer to replace the time zone selection menu with a text box for entering a numerical offset.

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 20:38
CBlue
Posts: 1244
Since: 2003/6/28

You can set the server gmt to whatever you want it.

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 20:42
Dave_L
XOOPS is my life!
Posts: 2277
Since: 2003/11/7

I don't follow you.

Could you explain that please?

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 20:46
CBlue
Posts: 1244
Since: 2003/6/28

System admin > preferences > general settings

You can set the server gmt to whatever you want and you can set the default gmt to whatever you want. I set the default to gmt and the server to my own gmt of -5.

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 20:57
Dave_L
XOOPS is my life!
Posts: 2277
Since: 2003/11/7

Thanks

Ignore this bug report.

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2003/12/11 21:02
CBlue
Posts: 1244
Since: 2003/6/28

You're welcome, Dave!

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Re: NewBB - Time zone offsets - relative, not absolute

2004/11/28 7:12
toolsmythe
Just popping in
Posts: 34
Since: 2004/11/27

A related question (in that it is about time-zones):

I don't see any support for areas (such as Arizona) that do not use daylight savings time.

Are there any plans to support that in future releases?

JP

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