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Nichevo

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daylight savings and these forums
Dec 2^nd, 2006, 12:31am

I've changed the messageboards to be set to +9 GMT for the duration of daylight savings, so it'll show the correct time. However, you may find your profile remembers your preference for +8. If the messageboard shows you the wrong time, and you'd like it to be correct, take the following steps:

Click the User CP button in the top toolbar.
Click to Profile, then click Options.
Change Time Offset to GMT/UMC+9 (Japan time). (I don't think the Enable automatic Daylight Savings Time change option works but you're always welcome to try.)
Click Save Changes.

Don't forget to change it back to +8 when daylight savings is over. Wink

Try not to think about how changing the time zone affects the times of events that happened before the daylight savings date (e.g. old posts). Huh

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Edited to reflect changes in the message board since YaBB 2.2.

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Nichevo Administrator Offline Posts: 2248	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #1 - Dec 2^nd, 2006, 10:06am Oops, I think I did all this daylight savings stuff one day too early. Oh well, not a big deal.
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Zlorf Global Moderator Offline The princess is in another castle. Posts: 802	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #2 - Dec 3^rd, 2006, 1:03pm If anyone cares, there's a timezone patch for Windows XP here.
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Stan Bahamut Offline Did you see the darkness of hajimon? Posts: 960	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2006, 10:09am We had to use that patch for work.. it doesnt fix the calender. You have to change it manually but I doubt anyone uses it anyway.
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Stan Bahamut Offline Did you see the darkness of hajimon? Posts: 960	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #4 - Dec 5^th, 2006, 10:37am Messageboard times are still wrong
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Nichevo Administrator Offline Posts: 2248	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #5 - Dec 5^th, 2006, 11:58am Stan wrote on Dec 5^th, 2006, 10:37am: Messageboard times are still wrong I've checked your profile. It's still set to +8. Please follow the instructions in the top post of this thread.
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Stan Bahamut Offline Did you see the darkness of hajimon? Posts: 960	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #6 - Dec 5^th, 2006, 12:19pm Why change the messageboard times to +9 if everyone has to manually change their profile anyway?
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Re: daylight savings and these forums
Reply #7 - Dec 5^th, 2006, 12:33pm

Stan wrote on Dec 5^th, 2006, 12:19pm:

Why change the messageboard times to +9 if everyone has to manually change their profile anyway?

Why change the messageboard times? Mainly for new accounts and/or guests. You already have a profile, its preference for +8 overrides the "default" of +9. Log out, for example, and you'll see the correct time.

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Re: daylight savings and these forums
Reply #8 - Oct 27^th, 2007, 11:37pm

Daylight savings is back.

Once again I've set the forums to +9 GMT. (You can see this for yourself if you log out.)

However, your account may remember your preference for +8 GMT. Your personal preference overrides the forum defaults. If you'd like to tweak your profile, please see the instructions on the top of this thread.

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Nichevo Administrator Offline Posts: 2248	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #9 - Mar 30^th, 2008, 10:59pm Daylight savings has ended again. The first post of this thread has information about how these forums are affected by daylight savings.
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Nichevo Administrator Offline Posts: 2248	Re: daylight savings and these forums Reply #10 - Oct 26^th, 2008, 10:48am Daylight savings has started again. (Thanks Muttly). The first post of this thread has information about how these forums are affected by daylight savings.
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Nichevo Administrator Offline Posts: 2248	daylight savings has ended Reply #11 - Mar 29^th, 2009, 9:24am Daylight savings has ended again. (Possibly for more than a year, this time around.) The first post of this thread has information about how these forums are affected by daylight savings.
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