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blee
October 30th, 2007, 11:02 AM
Premature server change of time. Does this affect new post detection?
owlbill
October 30th, 2007, 09:23 PM
What do you mean premature? I see the correct time on this page. (confused)
blee
October 30th, 2007, 10:44 PM
Four lines from the bottom of this (and every?) page, it says "All times are GMT -5. ThHe time now is 08:38 pm" only it's currently 9:38, and it looks like something has un-Daylight Savings Time'd prematurely. Last visit time also appears to be similarly off. (Problems this year resulting from the change in switchover date has been mentioned in several computer-related news articles.) I checked my personal forum options are set to "Detect DST automagically" (or something like that) so the magic may need tweaking.

All right, so it's a bit of a nit. I guess the opposite problem will occur next spring. :)
blee
October 30th, 2007, 10:45 PM
Oh, and the displayed time stamp of the above post is 8:44 pm. It's currently just that wee bit later.
Neil
October 31st, 2007, 12:23 PM
Mine says

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:22 AM

And it's 11:23, but I'll let that slide.
owlbill
October 31st, 2007, 08:08 PM
"All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:06 PM."

This is what I see on this page as I type this. That is GMT -5 but changed for DST still in effect. (I think). The actual time is correct here. I will look into it further though.
owlbill
October 31st, 2007, 08:11 PM
Ok, Ben........... I changed a setting for you "behind the scenes". Has it made any difference?
blee
November 1st, 2007, 10:16 AM
Nada.

BTW, if the forum is running on a Unix system, a cause currently being seen quite frequently is for not-fully-patched OSes.

Having fun down south? Anything interesting to report to those of us in forum-land?
owlbill
November 2nd, 2007, 09:08 AM
Fun? Um, yeah sure that's it. Fun....

I will have a look at the time issue when I get back into the shop. Have more "access" there. A screen capture of the discrepancy would be nice if you could.
Neil
November 2nd, 2007, 11:05 AM
Fun? Um, yeah sure that's it. Fun....

I will have a look at the time issue when I get back into the shop. Have more "access" there. A screen capture of the discrepancy would be nice if you could.

Are you going cave diving after DEMA?
owlbill
November 2nd, 2007, 06:25 PM
Are you going cave diving after DEMA?

Nope. Just coming home Saturday.Blah....meh.....no biggie.
blee
November 3rd, 2007, 02:25 PM
PM sent.

Of course, by the time you get back to the shop, DST will really have ended and the server will no longer be mistaken.

At least until next spring.

:biggrin:
owlbill
November 3rd, 2007, 06:48 PM
Replied to your PM. I still cannot find the problem. Would be nice if someone else had the same problem, might be easier to track down.
owlbill
November 3rd, 2007, 06:53 PM
OK, I changed the setting I thought I changed the other day. Hopefully it will take this time. Your time zone was set to GMT -5, and Automatically Detect DST was ON, but in my side of things, there is another "DST is Currently In Effect" box that somehow was not checked off. It is now.
blee
November 3rd, 2007, 11:16 PM
Sorry, no luck. Still thinks it's GMT -5.

E-mailed you a new screen capture (since PM wasn't being agreeable.) Maybe something to check, if you hadn't already thought of it: Neil reported his screen showed GMT -4. You might see how his settings compare. Also, if you have command line access to the server, you might check what time it thinks it is.

Luck.