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  • 09-04-2009 11:05am
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    stick-dan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,456 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I haven't checked to see if this was brought to your attention already but i just noticed this morning that when you view a forum and it's posts whilst your not signed in then all the posts are back-dated one hour. i.e, a post i made at 11.00am shows up that i made it at 10.00am when i am not signed in.

    Was just wondering was this a bug after the clocks changed a few weeks back? Anyway just thought i'd let you know :)

    Dan


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Indeed.
    All times are GMT
    Set the server time to GMT+1

    Kthxbye.


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    stick-dan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,456 ✭✭✭stick-dan


    Yup that's the problem, not really a big problem but thought you guys would like to know.


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    stick-dan wrote: »
    Yup that's the problem, not really a big problem but thought you guys would like to know.

    Its not a bug.. You know how to set the timezone seamus said tho ya?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Well it is a bug because the site itself is in the GMT + 1 timezone, but the site settings are telling it to display all times in GMT. I'm pretty sure there's a big drop-down in the admin CP for it.

    I also imagine you don't need to mess with the server as vBulletin probably stores all post times in UTC and then alters the display time to coincide with the settings in the user's account (or in this case the default global settings). So my initial recommendation is wrong. It's the best way of doing it, even if it is a little messy for some applications.


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    stick-dan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,456 ✭✭✭stick-dan


    Sully wrote: »
    Its not a bug.. You know how to set the timezone seamus said tho ya?

    you shouldn't have to as the site should be timezone compliant regardless of whether the user logs in or not.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    stick-dan wrote: »
    you shouldn't have to as the site should be timezone compliant regardless of whether the user logs in or not.
    *ticks "enable DST for guests" box*

    Thanks!


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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    CuLT wrote: »
    *ticks "enable DST for guests" box*

    Thanks!

    I'm telling Ross you were ticking boxes! :D


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    stick-dan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,456 ✭✭✭stick-dan


    CuLT wrote: »
    *ticks "enable DST for guests" box*

    Thanks!

    no problem thank you :D


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    stick-dan wrote: »
    no problem thank you :D

    Told you it was a bug. :P


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