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Jaryic

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German Summer Time
« on: 03.04.2009, 15:15:05 »

It seems like the Forum Server is still running on German Winter Time.
All new posts are dated one hour back accrding to my watch.

this post was written 15:15 local time :)

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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #1 on: 03.04.2009, 15:18:19 »

This seems to be a problem with SMF in general. Even when the server-side time changes, the forum may still insist on it's own time ;)
The "solution" to reset the global time-offset wouldn't be a viable option here...
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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #2 on: 03.04.2009, 18:06:32 »

Yes, it is. The server time is correct. SMF uses UTC internally, and the time zone adjusttment is actually a setting in your personal profile. Go to "PROFILE", then "Look and Layout Preferences", and then edit the Field "Time Offset" to make the displayed time match to your local time again.

Yes, this means, no automatic adjustment to daylight savings time. Stupid software.
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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #3 on: 04.04.2009, 10:05:29 »

You might want to try this mod.

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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #4 on: 05.04.2009, 11:22:54 »

I installed the mod  ... have fun adjusting your timezones :)
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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #5 on: 05.04.2009, 20:54:17 »

Thanks for the info.
adjustment done, now it's correct.

thx
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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #6 on: 07.05.2009, 17:58:44 »

It is important to note however, "German Summer Time" is a bit of a misnomer.  No one has experienced anything that could be considered "Summer" during this period.  The climate is not unlike San Francisco, of which Mark Twain said:  "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco".
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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #7 on: 08.05.2009, 06:21:59 »

It is important to note however, "German Summer Time" is a bit of a misnomer.  No one has experienced anything that could be considered "Summer" during this period.  The climate is not unlike San Francisco, of which Mark Twain said:  "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco".

*chuckles* Yeah, you could be right with that. One should stick to the usual "daylight saving", at least that doesn't lie about the temperature.^^

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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #8 on: 11.05.2009, 17:59:12 »

In germany it's called "Winter und Sommerzeit" which would translate to winter and summertime.
Daylight saving time would be translated to "Tageslichtsparzeit" the other way round.
That would be as funny in german as summertime in english. :P

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Re: German Summer Time
« Reply #9 on: 11.05.2009, 19:36:21 »

Actually, the word 'summertime' is used in this context as well. For example the current time zone in Britain is called BST - British Summer Time, and in Europe it is Central European Summer Time.
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