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Current Timezones

17 posts · 2008-03-10 03:26:18 to 2008-03-10 15:23:00

#36300422486 03/10/2008 03:26:18 Current Timezones

I figured I'd list the current timezone offsets so people with parties and other events can make their posters appropriately. SMILEY See, the US had the clever idea of starting their daylight savings time way earlier than the EU, so it's bound to throw a few people off.

I'm only including info about US and EU timezones. If anyone knows what's going on in Asia and Oceania, please post it. SMILEY

Northern America

Shorthand name   Full name              Abbreviation   Offset
Pacific          Pacific Daylight Time      PDT        GMT-7
Mountain         Mountain Daylight Time     MDT        GMT-6
Central          Central Daylight Time      CDT        GMT-5
Eastern          Eastern Daylight Time      EDT        GMT-4

Europe

Full name              Abbreviation   Offset
UK time                    BST        GMT+1
Western European Time      WEST       GMT+1
Central European Time      CEST       GMT+2
Eastern European Time      EEST       GMT+3

All these regions are currently obeying daylight savings time. So a live event taking place at 5pm Pacific (PDT) will happen at 1am the following day in the UK (BST). These offsets are valid until the 26th of October.

Edit: I hate this forum. Wouldn't let me use proper tables.
#36300422521 03/10/2008 05:07:03 Re:Current Timezones

Good work SMILEY i normally just add +8hrs to what ever time i get in my email and hope thats the right time lol

I think this should be sticky'd in the "RedPill Rescue" area.


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#36300422522 03/10/2008 05:09:38 Re:Current Timezones
Lets not forget Australia, where we observe Daylight savings on the opposite time of the year to you (seasons being reversed and all) and some states don't do it at all.

Australia Stretches between GMT +8 and GMT +11 depending on where you are and if daylight savings are in effect, I think it ends come April.
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#36300422528 03/10/2008 05:36:55 Re:Current Timezones
Excellent idea and resource, thank you for posting it Procurator.  I think this thread should be moved to the Player Events forum and Stickied.  SMILEY
#36300422538 03/10/2008 06:08:48 Re:Current Timezones

Great work Procurator and this should be added to our guides or something as it's used much with LE's and Player Events.

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#36300422553 03/10/2008 07:01:17 Re:Current Timezones
Meh, there should just be a Mega City Time display in-game somewhere, preferably on our compass.

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#36300422600 03/10/2008 08:59:36 Re:Current Timezones
Good job man..This helps a lot!
#36300422612 03/10/2008 09:17:16 Current Timezones
Procurator wrote:
So, for the next three weeks or so, if an event is held at 5pm Pacific (Dev time), players in the UK will see it at midnight, rather than 1am as usual.Edit: I hate this forum. Wouldn't let me use proper tables.

/yawn

So sleepy.... hate daylight savings time changes....

(and I can't confirm or deny that I agree with your statement about the forums)
#36300422615 03/10/2008 09:26:01 Re:Current Timezones

It's comforting to know that it's always 5 O'Clock somewhere...!

#36300422619 03/10/2008 09:32:03 Re:Current Timezones

The whole world should run on GMT!  Muhahahahaha!

Until then though, this guide will do dandy!  SMILEY

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#36300422655 03/10/2008 10:41:43 Re:Current Timezones
cloudwolf wrote:
Meh, there should just be a Mega City Time display in-game somewhere, preferably on our compass.

I agree.
#36300422658 03/10/2008 10:44:36 Re:Current Timezones
Ahh... timezones confuses me :S
#36300422661 03/10/2008 10:51:12 Re:Current Timezones
Awesome!!!!!

Agree with Phrack. Post and Sticky in player events (Maybe ALL of them?)
#36300422664 03/10/2008 11:11:17 Re:Current Timezones
cloudwolf wrote:
Meh, there should just be a Mega City Time display in-game somewhere, preferably on our compass.
That is the single most genius idea I have ever heard.
#36300422675 03/10/2008 11:31:10 Re:Current Timezones
cloudwolf wrote:
Meh, there should just be a Mega City Time display in-game somewhere, preferably on our compass.

you mean like /time coz there already is...just that it shows your PC's timeclock.

#36300422724 03/10/2008 12:47 Re:Current Timezones
Procurator wrote:
Incidentally, the Glitch Society site lets people view events in the calendar in whichever timezone they want. Not very useful for the general playerbase, though; most things posted on there are our own internal events. SMILEY" /> But it's possible to do, so SOE has no excuse - as ever.
You could always try suggesting something like that to the folks working on Broadcast Depth. SMILEY