Posts showing time stamps in wrong time zone?

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Since I’ve been on this board, the time stamps on posts have been wrong. They appear to show GMT -5 time (Eastern I think?), instead of GMT -8 (Pacific, where I am). I never really cared much, but it kinda bugs me a little.

So today I poked through my profile and found the time zone setting. It is correctly set to Pacific (GMT -8).

So why do posts show time stamps three hours off? What else do I need to fix here?

ETA: New posts that I make myself (like this one) show the correct PST or PDT stamp, at first anyway. I think if I return to this thread sometime later, then the time stamp will be wrong, along with all stamps on other posts.

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Hmmmm… Upon thinking about this enough to make the above post, I think I’ve just figured it out.

If I’m not signed in while reading posts, it shows Eastern time (the server local time?).

If I sign in, then it shows the time correctly.

Okay, that makes sense.

:smack:

ETA: And the discrepancy is only two hours, not three. (Does that place the server in Central Time Zone? Is that where Chicago is?)

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I get Chicago time whether I’m signed in or not. I just assumed it was meant to be that way.

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I get Tulsa time. But that’s a good thing, right?

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So, with my newfound wisdom, maybe I get to advise you : Did you check the time zone setting in your profile? (Or is that too obvious to even ask? Maybe I should first ask if your computer is plugged in and if your printer has paper. :dubious: )

It’s under “Edit Options” in your profile page.

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Your baby might call you crazy and your mama might call you lazy.

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Are you sure you didn’t simply get drunk and wake up in another time zone?

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I always stop the earth while I do that so I’ll wake up in the same time zone I started from. Avoids losing time that way.