# Profile Time Stamp

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 11, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801 "2001-08-11T14:58:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801/1 "2001-08-11T14:58:09Z")

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Cause I had to change my password I noticed in the Profile section they have a Time Stamp where you can adjust the board hours for your time zone but don’t it doesn’t list what numbers you should use. What would be the Pacific time adjustment figure?

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**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801/2 "2001-08-11T15:07:57Z")

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It’s relative to Central Daylight Time which is what the SDMB server is on. Pacific Daylight Time should be -2.

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**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801/3 "2001-08-11T15:59:47Z")

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Thank you once more, Jerry.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801/4 "2001-08-11T23:06:00Z")

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Yeah, thanks Jerry.

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-time-stamp/75801/5 "2001-08-12T02:35:52Z")

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Living in Australia, I actually decided to leave the SDMB time as it is. By checking if it’s US peak time, it’s useful for knowing if I’m going to encounter a slow board or not.

To find local time, I’ve got this weird invention called a clock. 😃