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timezone options
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:00 pm
by xed_over
No daylight savings time options in the timezone dropdown list?
I picked Pacific Standard Time (gmt-8), but that's only correct half the year -- and not this half.
And I don't want to have to pick between that and Pacific Daylight Time (gmt-7) twice a year.
Can't we just get a generic Pacific Time and let the server handle switching between Standard and Daylight Time?
(same questions applies to timezones other than Pacific too
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Re: timezone options
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:04 pm
by Jordus
In usercontrol panel -> board prefrences -> right under the timezone option it asks summer time/ DST. Just select yes or no.
Re: timezone options
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:06 pm
by Phelan
I think daylight savings time switches on at different times of the year, depending on the country(and even the legislation at the time). Having something like that work effortlessly and automatically for every user might be complicated, I think.
Re: timezone options
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:13 pm
by xed_over
Jordus wrote:In usercontrol panel -> board prefrences -> right under the timezone option it asks summer time/ DST. Just select yes or no.
thanks, I missed that
still, the question remains... I have to flip this switch myself twice a year?
Phelan wrote:I think daylight savings time switches on at different times of the year, depending on the country(and even the legislation at the time).
true
Phelan wrote:Having something like that work effortlessly and automatically for every user might be complicated, I think.
no its not, every other OS (Linux, Windows, Mac) does it automatically. The board should get the general TZ setting from the user, the query the OS for the DT offset
Re: timezone options
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:24 pm
by Phelan
xed_over wrote:Phelan wrote:Having something like that work effortlessly and automatically for every user might be complicated, I think.
no its not, every other OS (Linux, Windows, Mac) does it automatically. The board should get the general TZ setting from the user, the query the OS for the DT offset
Actually, every OS does it "automatically". Every once in a while a file with the timezones is updated manually at the source, and then is downloaded in the next OS update. Granted that the timezones don't change much, but when they do it has to be changed manually.