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Forum date problem

hippyhippy Posts: 1,981
edited 2008-09-30 13:43 in General Discussion
Is it just me or is there a more widespread date problem with the forums ? 30th September 2008, 00:20 GMT ...

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-09-30 01:37
    It seems to be for anything done "today". "yesterday" and older seems to be okay.


    PS I like your inverted scheme.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2008-09-30 02:48
    It's not just Parallax's forum. This error occurs in other dotNetBB forums using the same software version, e.g. forums.asna.com/forums/default.aspx, at the bottom. This will probably resolve itself by morning.

    -Phil

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  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2008-09-30 03:21
    Hi everyone,

    The forum software was written before the US Congress decided to change the dates on daylight savings time. I suspect that the forum software has the window for daylight savings time hard-coded. If we wait about three weeks, it would magically correct itself. I'll see what I can do to hurry that along.

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-09-30 05:49
    Daylight savings? Are these dates not correct?

    Dates
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2008-09-30 08:20
    The dates listed on the NIST website are correct. If we go back two or three years, the dates for roll-forward or roll-back were in April and October. When Congress changed the dates, we had to patch all of our computers to ensure that they would have accurate clocks under these new rules.

    I do not believe that the forum software knows about the new Daylight savings rules. I corrected the timestamp by forcing the site to use Daylight Savings Time. If my hunch is correct, we should see the forum timestamp move off by an hour when the operating system shifts the clock back an hour on November 2nd.

    Let's see what happens.

    Jim

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  • hippyhippy Posts: 1,981
    edited 2008-09-30 13:43
    Many thanks Jim for the quick fix. And it reminds me I still have some software I never implemented the US DST change in !
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