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Daylight Savings Time test

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:19 am

Do I need to reset my time? Or is that handled automatically? --Bob
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#2 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:11 am

Bob78164 wrote:Do I need to reset my time? Or is that handled automatically? --Bob
All of the MM's I registered prior to DST ending in November remained an hour ahead the last couple months, so I'm assuming it needs to be done manually.

Guess I'll find out for sure now....

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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:00 am

I don't know what this means.

Do I have a time I set for this bored?

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#4 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:00 am

This says I posted an hour before I did.

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#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:04 am

peacock2121 wrote:This says I posted an hour before I did.
You have to go to your profile and set the time display ahead an hour (GMT-4 in your case).....

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#6 Post by kusch » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:04 am

test

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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:11 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:This says I posted an hour before I did.
You have to go to your profile and set the time display ahead an hour (GMT-4 in your case).....

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Merci buckets.

It changed them retroactively.

How cool is that?

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#8 Post by etaoin22 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:11 am

Not only was it corrected automatically, it was corrected in the wrong direction to GMT - 6. Unless it began to believe I was in Armstrong, Ontario. on a train. Or along with Duke Ellington and Steely Dan in East St. Louis. Maybe. Or in sweet electric blues home Chicago. Now back to GMT - 5. Should be GMT - 4.

Pea should see "GMT - 5 hours" also. Corresponds to her observation.

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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:53 am

test
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#10 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:04 am

So, do we have to change our own time stamps or not?
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#11 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:04 am

Apparently, we do.
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#12 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:23 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:So, do we have to change our own time stamps or not?
Checking.

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#13 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:25 am

While this time change is easier from a perspective of clock changing, it's more difficult on my internal clock.

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#14 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:45 am

While this time change is easier from a perspective of clock changing, it's more difficult on my internal clock.
Hmmmm, is this different from your biological clock?.....Don't mind me, I'm just trying to get to 300 posts....
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#15 Post by Estonut » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:21 pm

If you don't know your GMT offset, go to:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

and pick a city that is in your time zone. Six lines down from the name of the city is the Current time zone offset. Log into your Bored account and click on "Profile." There is a drop-down near the bottom that has your GMT offset setting. Change this to what you found on the timeanddate site. To verify, you don't even need to send a message. Start to reply to an existing message and click the "Preview" button. You will see the adjusted time at the top of the preview.

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Re: Time Change

#16 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:47 pm

Estonut wrote:If you don't know your GMT offset, go to:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

and pick a city that is in your time zone. Six lines down from the name of the city is the Current time zone offset. Log into your Bored account and click on "Profile." There is a drop-down near the bottom that has your GMT offset setting. Change this to what you found on the timeanddate site. To verify, you don't even need to send a message. Start to reply to an existing message and click the "Preview" button. You will see the adjusted time at the top of the preview.
Thanks, Esto.

And as I hit submit, I will find out if I got it right. :)

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#17 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:48 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
While this time change is easier from a perspective of clock changing, it's more difficult on my internal clock.
Hmmmm, is this different from your biological clock?.....Don't mind me, I'm just trying to get to 300 posts....
It's quite different.

Did you get to 300 posts?

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#18 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:07 pm

gmt - 7 and counting
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#19 Post by kayrharris » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:14 pm

I checked the time zone on my profile and it didn't appear to need changing. Guess this post will tell me if it does. Just ignore me.
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#20 Post by hermillion » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:44 pm

I didn't change anything in my profile, but the time is correct when I hit Preview. I guess I've been posting an hour off since last fall.

Explains a lot . . .
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