How should I alter it with Daylight savings time then? I will not remember to edit the article twice a year, and the UTC time changes, but the time in the Central time zone does not...
How should I alter it with Daylight savings time then? I will not remember to edit the article twice a year, and the UTC time changes, but the time in the Central time zone does not...
errr, I think you got it mixed up. UTC never changes. That is what makes UTC important and why it is used.Originally Posted by Maxwell
No no - I'm right. I just stated it wrong. Here's what I mean:
Chat Start = 19:00 Mondays, Central Time Zone. Year round.
Chat Start = UTC-5 Mondays, During US daylight savings time (summerish), UTC-6 Mondays, in months without daylight savings (winterish)
So, stating the time that chat starts in terms of UTC changes depending on the time of year 00:00 UTC Tuesdays during daylight savings, and 01:00 during non-daylight savings.
Does that make sense? And how do I state that simply?
EDIT: Clearly I'm over complicating this - 01:00 Tuesdays UTC. If people are an hour late, we'll still be there. The majority of people are almost always in there anyway...
EDIT2: Article on front page edited.
Last edited by Maxwell; 05-22-11 at 07:11 PM.
Can we also do it in ZULU time
Sorry I couldn't help myself..
I really just would like to see people there. Not that I'm tired of seeing the same people every time. It would just be nice to see more of the TEAM.
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someone called meCan we also do it in ZULU time
Sorry I couldn't help myself..
I really just would like to see people there. Not that I'm tired of seeing the same people every time. It would just be nice to see more of the TEAM.
Zulu Time
Last edited by Duke of Buckingham; 05-23-11 at 06:36 PM.
For the benefit of those who do not know much about Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), let me briefly explain it. This is a world wide recognized neutral time zone from which all other time zones are derived from. The time is kept in a town called Greenwich in the UK hence the alternative title Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Because of Day light saving in Greenwich itself, the local time there will alter from UTC + or - at the time of commencement or cessation of Day Light Saving. The time in UTC DOES NOT change since it is the neutral time zone. For example, Brisbane, Australia is +10 ahead of UTC. (We do not have DST either). If somebody states UTC time, I just take away 10 hours from it to derive at my local time. However, since I have no idea of the time difference from CST, I have to google it every time and first convert it to UTC than convert it again to derive at my local time. (Yes, I know there are programs that will convert it a lot easier but it will still take time to look up).
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